An American Primer by Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman. Holy Cow Press, $5.95 (44pp) ISBN 978-0-930100-23-0

Published for the first time in paperback, this short essay is composed of 110 notes for a linguistic project never completed by the poet. At the core of the effort: a celebration of the American language's past and its possibilities. (May)

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