Folsom, a Carver Scholar and English professor at the University of Iowa, has written and edited several books about Walt Whitman, including Walt Whitman: The Measure of His Song; Walt Whitman鈥檚 Native Representations; Walt Whitman and the World; and Whitman East and West, as well as the journal, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review.
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The weekend will conclude with Whitmania! a marathon reading of the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass at the Providence Athenaeum on Sunday, April 9 from noon to 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
For further information regarding the lecture, please contact srw@uri.edu or call 401-874-4632. Information on Whitmania! can be found or by contacting Christina Bevilacqua or by calling 401-421-6970, ext. 28.