Walt Whitman | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/walt-whitman/RSS feed for Walt WhitmanenFri, 14 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000Over the Last 200 Years, a Small Library Became One of New York City’s Biggest Museums. A New Showcase Tells the Story of Its Unique Legacyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/over-the-last-200-years-a-small-library-became-one-of-new-york-citys-biggest-museums-a-new-showcase-tells-the-story-of-its-unique-legacy-180986238/To mark its bicentennial, the Brooklyn Museum highlights the pieces that have shaped its collection—and the foundational art made in the boroughFri, 14 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/over-the-last-200-years-a-small-library-became-one-of-new-york-citys-biggest-museums-a-new-showcase-tells-the-story-of-its-unique-legacy-180986238/ChatGPT or Shakespeare? Readers Couldn't Tell the Difference—and Even Preferred A.I.-Generated Versehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chatgpt-or-shakespeare-readers-couldnt-tell-the-difference-and-even-preferred-ai-generated-verse-180985480/A new study suggests people might like chatbot-produced poems for their simple and straightforward images, emotions and themesFri, 15 Nov 2024 20:55:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chatgpt-or-shakespeare-readers-couldnt-tell-the-difference-and-even-preferred-ai-generated-verse-180985480/The Painted Poetry of Jessica Diamondhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-painted-poetry-of-jessica-diamond-180982868/The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum hosts the artist’s largest installation yetFri, 08 Sep 2023 15:06:40 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-painted-poetry-of-jessica-diamond-180982868/Want to Work Out Like Walt Whitman or Henry VIII? Try These Historic Fitness Regimenshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/want-to-work-out-like-walt-whitman-or-henry-viii-try-these-historic-fitness-regimes-180979961/Travel through time by lifting like passengers on the Titanic or swimming like the sixth U.S. presidentTue, 26 Apr 2022 13:37:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/want-to-work-out-like-walt-whitman-or-henry-viii-try-these-historic-fitness-regimes-180979961/Library of Congress Seeks Volunteers to Transcribe Letters to Theodore Roosevelthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/library-congress-asks-volunteers-transcribe-letters-theodore-roosevelt-180976458/The campaign is part of a broader crowdsourcing effort aimed at making archival materials more accessible to the publicFri, 04 Dec 2020 18:24:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/library-congress-asks-volunteers-transcribe-letters-theodore-roosevelt-180976458/Rare Walt Whitman Artifacts Go on View at Library of Congress for Poet's 200th Birthdayhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-library-congress-marking-walt-whitmans-200th-birthday-180972242/The library holds the world’s largest collection of Whitman-related itemsTue, 21 May 2019 20:00:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-library-congress-marking-walt-whitmans-200th-birthday-180972242/A Rare Walt Whitman Letter Was Found in the National Archiveshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-walt-whitman-letter-was-found-national-archives-180958397/The poet wrote the letter on behalf of a dying soldierFri, 11 Mar 2016 21:04:19 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-walt-whitman-letter-was-found-national-archives-180958397/What Artist Martha McDonald Might Teach Us About a Nation Dividedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-artist-martha-mcdonald-might-teach-us-about-nation-divided-180956595/This fall, a one-woman show staged in one of Washington, D.C.’s most historic buildings will recall the sorrow of the Civil War Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:24:14 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-artist-martha-mcdonald-might-teach-us-about-nation-divided-180956595/Found in "Penny Papers" from the 1800s, A Lost Walt Whitman Poemhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/found-penny-papers-1800s-lost-walt-whitman-poem-180953542/A professor at the University of Nebraska stumbled upon an ode to Whitman’s contemporary William Cullen BryantFri, 05 Dec 2014 15:00:30 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/found-penny-papers-1800s-lost-walt-whitman-poem-180953542/