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Great Books Reading and Discussion Group with Tom

“Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking,” by Walt Whitman

Please join us to discuss “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking,” by Walt Whitman (1819-1892).

A dynamic liberal arts education for free at the people’s university, the public library! Now in its seventeenth year, our group meets once a month to discuss timeless classics of literature and philosophy from a reading list chosen by the Chicago-based Great Books Foundation. Pick up a copy of Great Conversations 1 at the first-floor Customer Services desk for a materials fee of $10.  For more information, email Tom Cohn at: tom_cohn@huntlib.org or call 631-427-5165x270. Check out our blog at hplgreatbooks.blogspot.com.  Registration is required to receive Zoom sign-in by email. 

Please join us to discuss “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking,” by Walt Whitman (1819-1892). This month we celebrate the work of a great son of Huntington, Walt Whitman. “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” was originally published in the third edition of “Leaves of Grass” under the title “A Word out of the Sea.” A boy’s recollection of two nesting mockingbirds, “two feather’d guests from Alabama,” over the course of a summer, it evokes the rhythms of nature on “Paumanok,” the Indian name for our island.

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