Houston lecture to celebrate Whitman’s brithday
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Monday, 8 February 2010 10:12
Houston’s Writers in Performance celebrates Walt’s birthday again this year with an appearance from Michael Robertson, the leading historian of the original Walt Whitman Fellowships in America and Britain.
Whitman’s actual birthday is May 31, but the event occurs on May 20. The two-part event begins at 3 p.m. at Lone Star College in Montgomery with a discussion of Whitman’s “cult-like” following as both writer and religious prophet led by Dr. Michael Robertson, author of “Worshipping Whitman: The Whitman Disciples.” (Note that the cliche “cult” is being used carelessly to describe the phenomenon, referring only to the small size and high passion of the movement. A genuine cult makes extravagant demands of its followers and penalizes members from leaving.)
For information, call Dave Parsons at (936) 524-6537.
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