Calamus Project

Calamus Project deepens appreciation for Walt Whitman’s Calamus: 45 path-breaking poems about camaraderie, friendship, and love among men.

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We hope to see you there!

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Next Friday, Sep. 30th from 4 to 6pm, the Walt Whitman Initiative will be hosting our Tane Poetry Library Grand Opening Celebration!

There will be performances and food provided by Fulton Stall Market.

Free and open to the public!

Register Here: https://t.co/L1WaqqcdDW

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Watch now: The Calamus Project on The Public Good

This week, Brian Brown and Sam Magavern joined The Public Good on WUFO to discuss the purpose of the project, the project's journey and what's next for the Calamus Project.

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Did you miss the live performance of the Calamus poems? You can catch the full performance here https://t.co/L2f8DbeS5j You can also listen to Brian Brown of @Ujimacoinc and PPG's Sam Magavern on @waltwhitmaninit's podcast here https://t.co/rqCPJXgNWH

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Check out the film of the poem pictured above, "In paths untrodden," and read commentary here:
https://t.co/Wnwxc2Y67L

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From the @BPArtCenter collection: a 1900 edition of Leaves of Grass.

Don't forget to join us at the Burchfield Penney this Wednesday at 7:30pm for Calamus Project Live featuring performances by @Ujimacoinc!

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Hope to see you at JB on Thursday to celebrate @nishantbatsha's new novel, and around town the rest of the week for fab events by @Pureinkpoetry, @calamusproject & @Ujimacoinc, and more! ✨

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Read more at https://t.co/PFuN9JDdaz

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7. Of the terrible question of appearances

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Whitman’s intermittent sense of reality as a sham, a suck, and a sell is linked to his sense of American life as a crass, materialistic project... In these desperate straits, camaraderie is more than individual love; it is brotherhood and resistance.

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Yawp with us! The Walt Whitman Initiative's 19th annual "Song of Myself Marathon" is live today on Youtube from 4-7pm EST.

https://t.co/b01GfXxwHl

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The program will include a discussion with the actors, as well as brief remarks by Burchfield Scholar Nancy Weekly and @PPGBuffalo senior policy fellow Sam Magavern.

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On June 29, 2022, at 7:30pm, @Ujimacoinc actors will perform 23 of the Calamus poems live at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. This performance is free and open to the public.

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Calamus Project is a collaboration of many groups, including @PPGBuffalo , Ujima Theatre, @justbuffalolit, @BPArtCenter, @UBHumInst , @UBGenderIn, and Rivalry Projects.

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The Calamus Project website is live! Visit https://t.co/cK6l2NjHqt

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Calamus is a sequence of 45 poems about camaraderie, friendship, and love among men by Walt Whitman. Written in the late 1850s, Calamus is a daring masterpiece posing questions about love and democracy that remain highly relevant today.