Poetry
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WHITMAN IN BROOKLYN
The Walt Whitman Project presents an evening of readings from Whitman’s poetry and prose about Brooklyn. The event celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of “Leaves of Grass.” Tonight, 7 p.m., Freebird Books & Goods, 123 Columbia St. at Kane Street, Brooklyn, 718-643-8484, free.
POETRY AND POLITICS
The winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in literature, Derek Walcott, discusses poetry and cultural politics with the poetry editor of the New Republic, Glyn Maxwell.Poets House cosponsors the talk. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, 212-930-0855 $10.
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