New York University

New York University

The Office of Public Affairs

Monday, May 23, 2005

N-382, 2004-05

New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) professor Karen Karbiener, a noted Whitman scholar, leads a team of special guests invited to read selections from the poem, “Song of My Self,” with audience participation in the reading strongly encouraged. Lend us your ears or your vocal cords as we celebrate this poem from a vantage point that affords an incomparable view of the East River and Brooklyn.

• WHAT: Walt Whitman marathon poetry reading
• WHEN: Sunday, June 5, 2005 from 5-8PM
• WHERE: South Street Seaport Museum, Peking, Pier 16.
• WHO: Karen Karbiener, SCPS professor and editor of Leaves of Grass: First and “Death-Bed” (Barnes & Noble Classics Series, 2005)

Admission is $6 ($3 members). For more information the public should call the South Street Seaport Museum, 212.748.8735 or email publicprograms@southstseaport.org.

To sign up as a reader, email songofmyself2005@yahoo.com.

The reading is part of the South Street Seaport Museum’s four-month tribute to Walt Whitman on the 150th anniversary of the printing of Leaves of Grass. Over the July 4th weekend, “Whitman and the Promise of America, 1855-2005,” Leaves of Grass Commemorative Exhibit, opens at the South Street Seaport Museum, curated by Karbiener and Bob Phillips. The exhibition connects Leaves of Grass’ message and relevance during Whitman’s time with its significance for America today.