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American the Beautiful

The Question: Where was "America the Beautiful" written? My understanding is that it was written in Andover, Mass. A Phillips Academy dormitory is named "…

Walt Whitman: City of Orgies

City of OrgiesCity of orgies, walks and joys, City whom that I have lived and sung in your midst will one day make Not the pageants of you, not your shifting tableaus, your spectacles,…

Walt Whitman: To Think of Time, Part 6

Part 6What will be will be well, for what is is well, To take interest is well, and not to take interest shall be well.The domestic joys, the dally housework or business, the building of…

Walt Whitman: Old Age's Ship & Crafty Death's

Old Age's Ship & Crafty Death'sFrom east and west across the horizon's edge, Two mighty masterful vessels sailers steal upon us: But we'll make race a-time upon the seas—a battle-contest…

Steve Gromek 2002 Deaths

Steve GromekAge: 82 Cleveland Indians pitcher captured in a joyful embrace with black teammate Larry Doby in a 1948 World Series' photo recognized as a groundbreaker in the struggle to…

Alex Comfort 2000 Deaths

Alex ComfortAge: 80 writer, physician, poet, and pacifist who wrote the 12-million-copy seller The Joy of Sex: A Gourmet Guide to Lovemaking, which was first published in 1972. The…