Cunningham, Michael: *1952

Specimen Days, 2005 - Walt Whitman

Facts
- Biography
- Chronology
- Walt Whitman Archive
- "Song of Myself", which explores how a 36-year old freelance journalist and part-time house-builder living in Brooklyn created his outrageous, groundbreaking work that irrevocably altered the development of poetry and literature that followed.
- Specimen Days from:
  Gutenberg
  Freeditorial (various formats)
  Internet Archive (various formats and audio)
Articles
- Audio (35:12)
  Celebrating Walt Whitman and 'Leaves of Grass': a discussion with Ed Folsom, professor of English at the University of Iowa. On July 4, 1855, a book of poetry by an unknown by the name of Walt Whitman came out to mixed reviews and widespread disinterest. Eventually, it changed the way poets thought... and sang... of themselves. Lynn Neary leads a discussion on Leaves of Grass. NPR Radio; July 5, 2005