Walt Whitman Initiative

Over the course of the last ten years I have been working on a book project of my own about Walt Whitman’s inspiring poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” During this time I became involved with the Walt Whitman Initiative, a local organization promoting the poetry of Whitman and designed pro bono a publication and calendar of events promoting cultural organizations around the country celebrating Whitman’s bicentennial. It was a thrill and an honor to work with participating Consortium members, including: The Academy of American Poets, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn Poets, Brooklyn Public Library, The Center for Book Arts, The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Fort Greene Park Conservancy, The Grolier Club, The Morgan Library, The New York Public Library, New York University, Poetry Society of America, Poets House, University of California, LA, University of Virginia, The Walt Whitman Birthplace, The Walt Whitman Project, and The Walt Whitman Initiative. My own project, a national public reading of Whitman’s poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” is among those included in the publication.