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Exhibitions at The Research Libraries "I Am With You": Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1855-2005)From September 9, 2005 through January 8, 2006  This exhibition commemorates the 150th anniversary of the publication of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Whitman revised and added to his great poem throughout his life, and the exhibition will feature first and rare editions of the major versions, as well as manuscript drafts, books, and trial proofs annotated in the poet’s hand. The exhibition will also indicate Whitman’s influence on the Beats, his most obvious literary heirs, through manuscripts and rare books containing works by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and others. Enhancing the exhibition’s visual appeal will be fine press and livre d’artiste imprints, as well as photographs of the poet and of the American countryside and cityscapes whose grandeur he praised. |