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Walt Whitman: A Life
Ever tried to untangle the life of a man who rewrote American poetry while juggling a dozen odd jobs and nursing wounded soldiers? Walt Whitman wasn’t just the guy who shouted “I celebrate myself” — he was a complicated mix of contradictions. Justin Kaplan’s biography peels back the myth to reveal the messy, brilliant, and often misunderstood man behind the beard and the poetry.
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