I Hear America Singing Resources

Here's a useful bio from the Academy of American Poets.

Check out his original docs here.

Check out some pretty extreme silliness here.

Here's an animated version of Whitman reading the poem. It's… well, a bit odd.

Here's an animated version of Whitman's "The Sleepers." You will love or hate it—nothing in between.

Check out one of the premiere critics of poetry, Harold Bloom, lecturing on Whitman.

Do you dig it?

Writer Richard Rodriguez lays his interpretation on us (scroll down to find it).

Warning: this recording is old-timey central and you may have to save the file to listen to it.

This image comes from the first edition of Leaves of Grass.

Here he is, the best beard-haver in the history of time.

Check out some thoughts on "I Hear America Singing" by the good folks at Modern American Poetry.

We firmly believe every American should have a copy of this baby.

Here's everything you ever wanted to know about our dude and his time but were afraid to ask.

Here's a PBS documentary on Mr. W.W.