About Walt Whitman Quarterly Review
The Walt Whitman Quarterly Review is a literary quarterly sponsored by the Graduate College and the Department of English and published by The University of Iowa. WWQR is the official journal of the Walt Whitman Studies Association, affiliated with the American Literature Association. Beginning with volume 33, no. 1 (Summer 2015) the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review has become an open-access, online-only publication.
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Whitman Studies Association Events at the American Literature Association Conference, May 20-23, 2026
Posted by Stephanie M. Blalock on 2026-05-18
The Whitman Studies Association will present a panel and a roundtable at this year's ALA Conference in Chicago. Please join us on Saturday, May 23rd, from 10:00am-11:20am for "Walt Whitman in the Classroom: Teaching America's Poet" (panel) and from 11:30am-12:50pm for a special roundtable discussion, entitled "Whitman Studies on the 30th Anniversary of Betsy Erkkila and Jay Grossman's Breaking [...]
Read MoreWhitman Weekend in Bolton and Manchester UK, May 29-31, 2026
Posted by Stephanie M. Blalock on 2026-05-18
The Walt Whitman Initiative invites you to a series of events celebrating Bolton's 'Eagle Street College' and Walt Whitman. Events include a presentation and discussion of Whitman Collections at the John Rylands Library (Manchester), the annual Whitman Walk through the Lancashire countryside, and a celebration honoring Whitman's birthday! More information and a schedule of events can be found [...]
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Volume 43 • Issue 1/2 • 2026
About cover image
A manuscript in Whitman's hand recording his Williams ancestry, his "progenitors," on his mother's side (Walt Whitman papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University and Walt Whitman Archive). See Joseph P. Smaldone and Judith L. (Warwick) Smaldone, "Williams Ancestry of Walt Whitman: A Reconstruction with Additions and Corrections," p. 19.
Essays
Williams Ancestry of Walt Whitman: A Reconstruction with Additions and Corrections
- Joseph P Smaldone
- Judith L. Warwick Smaldone
Volume 43 • Issue 1/2 • 2026 • 19-29
Notes
Sonia Manzano's “Oh Captain, My Captain”: A Translation and Commentary
- Alexis Levitin
Volume 43 • Issue 1/2 • 2026 • 30-39
Reviews
Elizabeth Lorang, Kevin McMullen, Nicole Gray, and Stephanie M. Blalock, proj. eds. “Correspondence.” Walt Whitman Archive, ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, and Kenneth M. Price (whitmanarchive.org), 2023.
- Angelique Richardson
Volume 43 • Issue 1/2 • 2026 • 40-48
