Walt Whitman Is Alive and Well in Suburbia

I live about twenty minutes away from the Walt Whitman birthplace site in Melville, Long Island. It is a “slice” of rural life from the past century sitting in the midst of twenty-first century commercialism and suburban sprawl. Across the highway is a bustling, recently expanded shopping mall known as the Whitman mall. The … Continue reading Walt Whitman Is Alive and Well in Suburbia