FIRST WEDNESDAYS | Brownell Library
Whitman’s Civil War writings give us a dual portrait, first the war as “a strange, unloosen’d wondrous time,” and second the emergence of a new Whitman. UVM professor Huck Gutman examines some of the most remarkable poems about war ever published and looks at Whitman’s remarkable development.
The Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays series is held on the first Wednesday of every month from October through May in nine communities statewide, featuring speakers of national and regional renown. Talks in Essex Junction are held at Brownell Library unless otherwise noted. The National Life Group Foundation and the Vermont Department of Libraries are the statewide underwriters of First Wednesdays. “America in a New, More Dangerous World” is underwritten by Vermont Council on World Affairs. Brownell Library is underwritten by Brownell Library Foundation; The Essex Agency Inc.; Kolvoord, Overton and Wilson; and RETN.
