They put it in print – Walt Whitman did not appreciate contemporary poetry…

October 18, 2018 by  
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During an interview in 1887, Walt Whitman stated he did not appreciate contemporary poetry, with one exception. How do we know? They put it in print in the Harper’s Weekly dated April 23, 1887:

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