[Yale-readings] BARBARIC YAWP!

[Nancy Kuhl]

>BARBARIC YAWP!
>
>This year marks the 150th anniversary of the first edition of Walt
>Whitman's Leaves of Grass, a milestone in American, gay, and indeed
>world literatures. On Monday, April 11, from 4:30 to 6:30, all
>members of the Yale community are invited to gather in WLH 309 to
>celebrate Whitman's legacy and in particular the 1855 edition, which
>Malcolm Cowley called "Whitman's Buried Masterpiece." Even those
>familiar with Whitman's poetry in its final form may be surprised and
>stirred by this first outpouring.
>
>Professors and students will be reading aloud from the poetry--feel
>free to bring your own copy and follow along! Hopefully this will be
>followed by some more or less informal discussion over wine.
>
>"I too am not a bit tamed....I too am untranslatable,
>I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."
>
>Sponsored by the Yale English Department, the Larry Kramer Initiative,
>and the Yale Collection of American Literature at the Beinecke
>Library. Please contact joshua.platt at yale.edu with questions.

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