On this 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth, it seems only right to post about leaves of grass. Not Leaves of Grass, but actual grass,…
Two verses in Walt Whitman’s poem that would ultimately be titled “I Sing the Body Electric” evolved with Walt’s life, and with his parents’ lives. In…
Amazon | Indie bookstore While the focus of Peter Rachleff’s Black Labor in Richmond is, obviously, on black labor, the book crosses race lines to…
This is part 5 of the story (in 5 parts, plus one digression) of a white man who tried to glue together his life, sliced…
This is part 4 of the story (in 5 parts, plus one digression) of a white man who tried to glue together his life, sliced…
This is part 3 of the story (in 5 parts, with one slight digression) of a white man who tried to glue together his life,…