Comments on: The Poet as a Young Man: Walt Whitman at the Brooklyn Eagle http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/16975/the-poet-as-a-young-man-walt-whitman-at-the-brooklyn-eagle.html Home of the magazine, the books, and the conference Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:07:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jane http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/16975/the-poet-as-a-young-man-walt-whitman-at-the-brooklyn-eagle.html#comment-12653 Jane Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:34:02 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=16975#comment-12653 The photo of The Brooklyn Eagle building is not the building where Whitman was editor. He was editor at the original location which is now The Eagle Warehouse. The Eagle Warehouse is located across the street from The Brooklyn Bridge and just one block up from Fulton Ferry Landing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Warehouse_%26_Storage_Company The photo of The Brooklyn Eagle building is not the building where Whitman was editor. He was editor at the original location which is now The Eagle Warehouse. The Eagle Warehouse is located across the street from The Brooklyn Bridge and just one block up from Fulton Ferry Landing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Warehouse_%26_Storage_Company

]]> By: Shelley http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/16975/the-poet-as-a-young-man-walt-whitman-at-the-brooklyn-eagle.html#comment-12531 Shelley Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:51:38 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=16975#comment-12531 Fascinating speculation on Cushman's influence on him. Regarding being able to imagine dying on a slave ship or working in a windowless factory: it's interesting how much of liberal thought is grounded in the capacity to exercise empathy. Fascinating speculation on Cushman’s influence on him.

Regarding being able to imagine dying on a slave ship or working in a windowless factory: it’s interesting how much of liberal thought is grounded in the capacity to exercise empathy.

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