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What is the truth about Walt Whitman's sexuality? During Whitman's lifetime, John Addington Symonds, Edward Carpenter, and Oscar Wilde were convinced they knew. Each used Whitman, in varying ways, in efforts to define sexual identity at a time when the word homosexual had not yet entered the English language. Michael Robertson traces a crucial chapter in the history of sexuality through his vivid group biography of Whitman's disciples. The GLBT Historical Society and the Edward Carpenter Forum co-sponsor a talk by author Michael Robertson.
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