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- 2 National Federation of State Poetry Societies winners.
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Central Michigan University hosts summer camp for kids from South Korea
Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass Marathon Reading
| Details: | Bring a blanket and come for an hour or two, or all day long, as (beginning at sunrise!) we read the Deathbed Edition of Whitman’s classic, Leaves of Grass in the beautiful Fabiano Botanical Garden on CMU’s campus adjacent to Park Library. All are welcome to come take turns with others reading, or just lay back on the grass and listen and enjoy. Bring a copy of Leaves of Grass if you have one—or it's available for free online, and I'll have extra copies!—a blanket or lawn chair, and join us. |
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Fabiano Garden next to the Park Library 103 E. Preston Mt. Pleasant, MI , United States Get directions |
| Admission: | Free and open to the public. |
| Sponsor: | Department of English Language and Literature College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences |
| Contact: | Robert Fanning fanni1rj@cmich.edu 989-774-2665 |