May 20, 2005
The Poet's Advice
Whatever you do, Walt Whitman once advised "young littérateurs," do not write poetry.
Whitman, who is considered one of the greatest of American poets, made the remark in 1888 -- four years before his death -- to two reporters from the student newspaper of the College of New Jersey.
The poet's wry comment, apparently informed by bitterness late in his life about his work's reception, might have remained forgotten if not for Nicole Kukawski, a junior majoring in
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