Whitman Reading Group | Mechanics' Institute

You are here

Home

Whitman Reading Group

As a part of our week of festivities to commemorate Walt Whitman's 200th birthday, Mechanics' is holding a reading group to discuss contemporary criticism of one of America’s favorite bards. This one-time discussion will dovetail with the week of San Francisco Pride.

We’ll be discussing two articles: "Whitman's Native Futurism: Frontier Erotics in the 1860 Leaves of Grass" by Benjamin Meiners in Walt Whitman Quarterly Review Volume 35; Number 3 (2018) plus an NBC News piece entitled, "Was Walt Whitman 'gay'? New textbook rules spark LGBTQ history debate." Both selections are available to read for free on the web by clicking the links above. They are also available in a binder on the 3rd Floor glass display.

Activities

Admission: 
Members only; Free
Location: 
4th Floor Board Room
Questions?
Myles Cooper - 415-857-6721

Future Activities

Jul 14 - 5:30pm

Knit Happens Online

Jul 16 - 11:00am

Write If You Dare!
A virtual version of our popular drop-in writing group

Jul 22 - 12:00pm

Virtual Tour of the Mechanics' Institute
with Librarian and Historian Taryn Edwards

Jul 23 - 11:00am

Write If You Dare!
A virtual version of our popular drop-in writing group

Jul 23 - 5:00pm

Suffrage 100 #3: Voting Rights, Equity, and the Political Process, on Zoom, Cosponsored by the League of Women Voters, SF
Journalist Ari Berman in conversation with Ann Ravel, former Chair of the Federal Election Commission

Jul 24 - 12:00pm

Building Your Author Platform: 10 Ways to Leverage Authority Marketing to Grow A Meaningful Brand
with Rusty Shelton