"I celebrate myself"Walt Whitman published the first edition of Leaves of Grass in 1855. In a rather confusing publication history, the original volume Leaves of Grass had no titles for any of the poems within it. But Whitman kept putting out new editions of the book Leaves of Grass, eventually giving titles to the individual poems. The first and longest poem in the original collection was eventually entitled “Song of Myself.” All of which creates a real headache for those who want to … [Read more...] about Leaves of Grass (imaginary edited edition)
Measuring out my life with coffee spoons ...and books
