painting of Walt Whitman by Rick Bartow

Beloved Bibliophiles!

On Sunday, May 29th, we celebrated Walt Whitman’s 203rd Birthday with our Annual Group Reading of “Song of Myself”!

Readers included: Alan Benditt, Steve Cackley, Nick Eldredge, Brent Gregston, Perrin Kerns, Andy Larkin, Ken Margolis, Todd Oleson, Katie Radditz, Jude Russell, Kristen Sagan, Toby Scales, Nancy Scharbach, Jeffrey Sher, Kim Stafford, Johnny Stallings, Howard Thoresen and Max Walter.

As always, reading this poem together brings readers and listeners alike into a state of Delirious Happiness and Cosmic Consciousness!

After the reading, Kim suggested that we share recommendations for books, articles, videos, et cetera, relating to Walt Whitman. So, on this website, I’m going to create a page called “Friends of Walt,” where people can share their thoughts and poems and inspirations and bibliographies. Here’s the link:

peace, love & happiness

Johnny