Last semester i had a class about the history of NYC and we read a lot about Walt Whitman. I really enjoyed him, he wrote a lot about the City and how people were and how they lived. He wrote from simple things as the Brooklyn Bridge and just taking the Staten USland Ferry. I loved how he could take such a simple subject and make it so moving. here is a link of some of his stuff.
http://whitmanarchive.org/
Sounds like a terrific class. Keep posting--and you can always post a little Whitman, too.
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