Writing Like Whitman: Chants, Catalogs & Litanies is a poetry workshop with Dana Levin presented by St. Louis Poetry Center, in conjunction with the Whitman Up Close exhibition.  The workshop includes a brief public gallery talk by Dr. Germaine Murray.  Lunch will be provided for registered workshop participants.   Visit [...]

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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 [...]

BookFest St. Louis is a celebration of the literary arts that brings dozens of local, regional and national authors together for a one-day festival in the Central West End. Festival-goers will be able to enjoy author presentations, panel discussions, book signings and an array of family-friendly activities and programming throughout [...]

Poets include Brian Barker, Marc McKee and Ron Austin