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ethanrwilliams's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
trishwah's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting art. I expected it to be more interspersed with the poetry. Learned a lot about the revision of Whitman's poetry.
reba_reads_books's review against another edition
5.0
Required reading for anyone with interests at the intersection of classic literature, poetry, and queer history.
liketheday's review against another edition
2.0
I picked this up because I really enjoyed a discussion of it on a podcast I listen to, but clearly I wasn't listening closely enough to understand what I was actually getting in this book. Having never read Walt Whitman (outside of maybe a poem in an English class?), I didn't have enough of a connection to the person or to these poems in their later form to find their "true" form all that interesting. The illustrations were beautiful, but I didn't really feel a connection between them and the poems. I actually found the end matter - some background into Whitman and his body of work - to be the most interesting part of this collection. I think I may have to obtain Leaves of Grass, read it a few times, and then come back to this book to appreciate it better.
librarygeek611's review against another edition
4.0
A beautiful ode to Whitman and one of his later found poems. I’d never read Whitman before this book and it was a nice introduction to but also part biography. Great for anyone who loves Whitman, art or poetry.
tfredenburg's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Incredible collection of poetry enhanced by Selznick's artwork. I found Karbiener's analysis and contextual writing at the end useful for understanding the poems on a deeper level. I continue to revist the immense happiness of III.
yvesdot's review against another edition
5.0
Karen Karbiener's poignant commentary is the cherry on top of this volume, with beautiful art from Brian Selznick sandwiching a simple, emotional sequence of poems about everything from first love to heartbreak, and all the joyous and terrifying things in between. A perfect gift for any lover of poetry, art, or love itself.