The John Howard Birss, Jr. Memorial Program 2005

2005 Selection - Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Cover of Leaves of Grass

A celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass After 150 Years:  
What We Still Don't Know about One of America's Most Famous Books.

Guest Lecturer:  Dr. Ed Folsom, 
Carver Professor, 
Department of English, University of Iowa

February 15, 2005
5:00 P.M. - Room 157

Feinstein College of Arts and Sciences

LIBRARY EXHIBITION
Featuring THE URI WHITMAN COLLECTION
February 1 - March 12, 2005
Roger Williams University Library

Sponsored by the John Howard Birss, Jr. Memorial Library Fund
Prepared by Christine Fagan, Collection Development Librarian, Roger Williams University and
Sarina Wyant, Assistant Archivist/Special Collections Librarian, University of Rhode Island
View Photographs from the Exhibit

PUBLIC BOOK DISCUSSION
Sponsored by the University Honors Program
Lead by Professor Dianne Comiskey,
Department of Creative Writing, Roger Williams University
February 10, 2005  4:00 P.M. 
Mary Tefft White Cultural Center
Roger Williams University Library

 

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