September 20, 2019
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7:00 pm
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9:00 pm
BookFest St. Louis kicks off with a Whitman poetry reading by local poets, with celebrated passages from
Song of Myself. Maryville University’s Dr. Germaine Murray will offer a brief introduction to WHITMANIA and the vision for the project, including Walt Whitman’s St. Louis connections.
This reading is presented as part of WHITMANIA: A Celebration of Whitman at 200
