WaltWhitman200

Celebrating the bicentenary year of Walt Whitman's birthday, 2019.

International conference: 'Whitman 200', University of Bolton, 23-24 May, 2019.

[WaltWhitman200 @Whitman200]

A fabulous conclusion to the Whitman 200 @boltonuni conference at the Bolton Socialist Club tonight. Thank you to all of the conference delegates, speakers and participants for making this such a special event!

[Walt Whitman Birthplace @wwbirthplace]

@westdocumentary @hpmoon @Whitman200 @WhitmanArchive @TweetsOfGrass @PoetryFound @waltwhitmaninit @ElkoDaily @nv_artscouncil @TravelNevada 🤩 Amazing!! Your films bring us on stunning visual journeys with Walt’s words, Paul. Beautiful way to honor him for his 202nd birthday 🥳 🎂

[Victorian Bolton @BoltonVictorian]

Two new posts out now! Discussing the Winter Hill Mass Trespass as part of the 125th anniversary.

@BoltonUni @UoBoltonEnglish @TheBoltonReview @ShowcaseUOB
#literature #bolton #Victorian

[Phila Jazz Project @PHLJazzProject]

@PHLJazzProject & @whitat200 present FREE MIXTAPE SERIES celebrating poet #WaltWhitman w/ music & poetry by some of Philly's most talented artists.

GET IT HERE: https://t.co/ROfXYgACC1

#PhillyJazz #WaltWhitman #Poet #JamesSolomon #PaulGiess @PaulGiess

[Victorian Bolton @BoltonVictorian]

Victorian Bolton has many updates lined up for the site in the coming weeks, so be sure to follow here or check the site to keep up to date!

@BoltonUni @UoBoltonEnglish @TheBoltonReview @ShowcaseUOB #literature #bolton #Victorian

[Phila Jazz Project @PHLJazzProject]

@PHLJazzProject & @whitat200 present FREE MIXTAPE SERIES celebrating poet #WaltWhitman w/ music & poetry by some of Philly's most talented artists

GET IT HERE: https://t.co/ROfXYgACC1

#PhillyJazz #WhitmanAt200 #Poetry #Singers #WaverlyAlston #TobyVEnTMartin #SingPhillySing

[A.M. Juster (with Amazon's #1 #Canzoniere!) @amjuster]

#DavidWheatley on the new book on #WaltWhitman, "Turning the Leaves," by #MarkDoty: https://t.co/7n6Dfr5XgU via @Lit_Review

[Libs and Museums @BoltonLMS]

Do you have a favourite cup or glass for the perfect brew, pint or G&T?
One of ours is the #WaltWhitman loving cup, presented to the Bolton Whitman Fellowship in 1894. Members of the group would raise a toast to the poet using the cup.
#Tea # AfternoonTea #Ceramics

[Evan Jones (Ευριπίδης Ιωάννου) @EvanPJones]

In which I stand in front of the red door of a well-used shed and tell a story about Bolton and Walt Whitman. @PoetryFound @CWatUB @UoBoltonEnglish
https://t.co/b1YoqOP1mz

[Robert Hugill @RobertHugill]

@Whitman200 The magic of song: the London Song Festival, Julien van Mellaerts, Nigel Foster, Robert Morgan celebrate #WaltWhitman's bicentenary with an intoxicating concert: Anthony's review:
https://t.co/jpI7hzGXxN #WaltWhitman200

[PN Review @PN_Review]

The full text of Don Share's keynote lecture at the @Whitman200 Conference held earlier this year in Bolton

[Ben Murphy @benjmurph]

I reviewed this new @LibraryAmerica volume of Whitman's conversations with Traubel. With bicentennial appreciation for @CommonplaceJrnl, @guardian, @WhitmanArchive, and @TheAtlantic.

Of possible interest to @C19Americanists, @PedagogyAmLitSt, @TweetsOfGrass, @Whitman200

[H. Paul Moon @hpmoon]

Another year spent spinning. As ever, "I surrender." @AppomattoxNPS @ACWMuseum @Whitman200 @waltwhitman @wwbirthplace @WhitmanArchive

[Libs and Museums @BoltonLMS]

Lunchtime talk today at 1pm
'Whitman and Moran: Long Island Landscapes '
Mary Nimmo Moran is famed for her etchings of Long Island, New York. This talk will focus on her landscape etchings and explore what links her to the great American poet Walt Whitman. https://t.co/2WJPs9MGVf

[WWQR @WaltWhitmanQR]

An amazing evening at @Prairie_Lights with the editors of the new edition of WW Measure of his Song! Pick up a copy from your local independent bookseller. #Whitmanat200 #Whitmanbicentennial

[A.M. Juster (with Amazon's #1 #Canzoniere!) @amjuster]

From the paper that #WaltWhitman used to edit: "Whitmanites make surprise appearance at hearing to call for landmarking of poet's house" by LoreCroghan: https://t.co/OddY50fPep

[Libs and Museums @BoltonLMS]

Lunchtime Talk 21 June 1pm
'Whitman and Moran: Long Island Landscapes

Mary Nimmo Moran is famed for her etchings of Long Island, New York. This talk will focus on her landscape etchings and explore what links her to the great American poet Walt Whitman.
https://t.co/2WJPs9MGVf

[PaulHollins @PaulHollins]

@whitman200 More about Whitman in the Guardian !https://t.co/71KjiNMLpb

[University of Greater Manchester @Uni_GreaterMcr]

To UoB, or not to UoB?
It would be a tragedy if you didn't learn from the best, and our English & Creative Writing courses are 2nd overall in the UK.
Learn more: https://t.co/5jrWfIOEMx
#UniAsItShouldBe #UoBolton #English #CreativeWriting @BoltonArts

[University of Greater Manchester @Uni_GreaterMcr]

📰 📰 NEWSFLASH! 📰 📰
An amazing achievement!
English and Creative Writing ranks 2nd in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2020!
Learn more: https://t.co/VMbe8iaGrO
#UoBolton #UniAsItShouldBe #English #CreativeWriting @BoltonArts

[Walt Whitman Archive @WhitmanArchive]

To commemorate Whitman's 200th birthday, the Harry Ransom Center has curated a digital collection featuring ten of Whitman's bound volumes, including original manuscripts and proofs of Whitman's later works: https://t.co/B1nMbjHfgY. Read more here: https://t.co/KIWVMOB5cR.