New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal&;winning Brian Selznick illustrates Walt Whitman like never before&;now in paperback As he was turning 40, Walt Whitman wrote 12 poems in a small handmade book he entitled Live Oak, with Moss. The poems were intensely private reflections on his attraction and affection for other men. They were also Whitman&;s most adventurous explorations of the theme of same-sex love, composed decades before the word &;homosexual&; came into use. This revolutionary, extraordinarily beautiful and passionate cluster of poems was never published by Whitman and has remained unknown to the general public&;until now. New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Award&;winning illustrator Brian Selznick offers a provocative visual narrative of Live Oak, with Moss, and Whitman scholar Karen Karbiener reconstructs the story of the poetic cluster&;s creation and destruction. Walt Whitman&;s reassembled, reinterpreted Live Oak, with Moss serves as a source of inspiration and a cause for celebration. |