This is a truly lovely 28 minutes, three poets of diverse backgrounds (
Eamon Grennan,
Major Jackson, and
Patiann Rogers) coming together to talk about, read, and riff on the work of Walt Whitman, egged on by the ever-enthusiastic Michael Silverblatt. One of them mentions how Vincent van Gogh had been reading Leaves of Grass when he set about painting "
Starry Night," and soon enough we're hearing "
When I Heard the Learned Astronomer" as it all falls dazzlingly into place.