• The Walt Whitman Award is a poetry award administered by the Academy of American Poets. Named after poet Walt Whitman, the award is based on a competition...
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    Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland and Walt Whitman High School on Long Island, Walt Whitman Elementary School (Woodbury, New York), Walt Whitman...
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  • Walt Whitman (1819–1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. Walt Whitman may also refer to: Walt Whitman (actor) (1859–1928), American stage...
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    The Walt Whitman House is a historic building in Camden, New Jersey, United States, which was the last residence of American poet Walt Whitman, in his...
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  • London. "Walt Whitman Award". Academy of American Poets. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2009-05-04. "Academy Expands Whitman Award". Poets...
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    O Captain! My Captain! (category Poetry by Walt Whitman)
    written by Walt Whitman in 1865 about the death of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Well received upon publication, the poem was Whitman's first to be...
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  • Walt Whitman High School is a four-year public secondary school located at 301 West Hills Road, in Huntington Station, New York. It is South Huntington...
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    Jenny Xie (section Awards)
    Eye Level, winner of the 2018 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets and a finalist for the National Book Award in 2018, and of The Rupture...
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  • Nation, and The Washington Post. A finalist for the Walt Whitman Award and the Yale Younger Series award, she has taught at Bennington College, California...
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  • Emily Skaja (section Awards)
    Skaja is an American poet. She is the author of Brute, winner of the Walt Whitman award of the Academy of American Poets in 2018. Emily Skaja was raised in...
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    Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing,...
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    The Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site is a state historic site in West Hills, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The...
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  • recognition, including the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Maya Angelou Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, and the Brooklyn Public...
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    Five Indiscretions, and Whispering to Fool the Wind, which won the Walt Whitman Award. His three collections of short stories are The Curtain of Trees,...
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    poet and visual artist from St. Louis, Missouri. She was awarded the 2007 Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets for her first collection...
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  • was an American poet. He was the author of Rapture, winner of the Walt Whitman award of the Academy of American Poets in 2015. Sjohnna McCray was born...
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  • is the author of The More Extravagant Feast (2020), winner of the Walt Whitman Award in 2019. She is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Washington...
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    author of the poetry collection, Eyes, Stones, winner of the 2011 Walt Whitman award of the Academy of American Poets. Bell is also the author of Mother...
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  • Lawrence College and Columbia University. In 1976, Gilpin was awarded the Walt Whitman Award by the Academy of American Poets for her book of poems titled...
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  • oversees publication of winners of the Academy of American Poets' Walt Whitman Award, as well as every third winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize. 2020:...
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  • Joan Murray (section Awards)
    Competition and was a finalist for the Academy of American Poets’ Walt Whitman Award. Her second book, Queen of the Mist, a novel-in-verse about the first...
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  • Gertrude Stein. Tost's first poetry book Invisible Bride won the 2003 Walt Whitman Award judged by C.D. Wright. His second poetry book Complex Sleep was published...
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  • selected Xie's manuscript for the Walt Whitman Award in 2017. After publication, the book was nominated for several awards and won a few prizes including...
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  • of two poetry collections, Curses and Wishes, winner of the 2010 Walt Whitman award of the Academy of American Poets and Saint Friend, published in 2014...
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    This Dust Was Once the Man (category Poetry by Walt Whitman)
    brief elegy written by Walt Whitman in 1871. It was dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, whom Whitman greatly admired. The...
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  • Children's Book Award Wallace Stevens Award Walt Whitman Award William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition Whiting Awards Willis Barnstone...
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  • of the poetry collection, The Same-Different, winner of the 2014 Walt Whitman award of the Academy of American Poets. Hannah Sanghee Park was born in...
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    When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (category Poetry by Walt Whitman)
    Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" is a long poem written by American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892) as an elegy to President Abraham Lincoln. It was written...
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    Walt Whitman Rostow OBE (rahs-TOU; October 7, 1916 – February 13, 2003) was an American economist, professor and political theorist who served as national...
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    Hush'd Be the Camps To-Day (category Poetry by Walt Whitman)
    a poem by Walt Whitman dedicated to Abraham Lincoln. The poem was written on April 19, 1865, shortly after Lincoln's assassination. Whitman greatly admired...
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