![]() As a freelance writer, Whitman penned a variety of poetry and prose, including essays, articles, reviews, fiction and nonfiction for the periodical press, speeches, and autobiographical works. It’s notable that Whitman worked as a school teacher, printer, newspaper editor, journalist, and carpenter, before becoming a civil servant and volunteer visitor in Union Army hospitals in Washington, D.C. ![]() Walt Whitman wrote other important works, including “O Captain! My Captain!,” which was a response to the death of Abraham Lincoln. A tall, slim volume of only 95 pages, the first edition contains twelve poems and an untitled preface This book, the very first edition of Leaves of Grass, “ changed the way we understand literature and its inextricable link to the materiality of a text.” The book was rather unusual for 1855. When it came time to self-publish his small book of poems, Whitman asked local printers the Rome brothers to print the work for him. During that time, Whitman worked as a job-printer. In 1855, Walt Whitman self-published the first edition of Leaves of Grass. ![]() His poetry celebrated modern life and took on subjects considered taboo at the time. ![]() In 2019, there were numerous 200th birthday celebrations for Whitman. American poet Walt Whitman was born in Long Island, New York on May 31, 1819. ![]()
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