March 1, 2011

Dear Friend of Poetry,

On June 10, 2010, George Wallace, former First Poet Laureate for Suffolk County, New York and author of 24 chapbooks of poetry was named 2011-2012 Writer-in-Residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace in Huntington, New York.

One of his projects, “Walt Whitman and Beyond – Fanfares for the Common Man”, is a program of readings of select works celebrating how the emerging 18/19th century notion of the individual, championed by Romantic era writers in England and America, has remained a fundamental literary theme for contemporary writers.

Upcoming national and international tour dates for the program, a travelogue of completed tour dates and images plus Mr. Wallace’s biography can be found here.

The one hour presentation, exclusively created for the Walt Whitman Birthplace for colleges and universities, libraries and other organizations and suitable for all audiences is available for an honorarium of $250 for Mr. Wallace, not including required travel and lodging for bookings beyond the New York/metro area.

The reading is drawn from the writings of such figures as Carl Sandburg, John Steinbeck, Vachel Lindsay, Woody Guthrie, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and more.

Please contact Mr. Wallace at poetrybay@aol.com  for further information, available booking dates, and ideas on tailoring this program to your organization’s mission.

Yours very truly

Gabriella Radujko