Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mutual literary admirers and their birthdays <3
Today, May 31, is the birthday of Walt Whitman, born on this day in 1819. A few days ago, May 25, was the birthday of Ralph Waldo Emerson, born on that day in 1803. Both of these figures were influential to each other, and are deeply important and influential to me as they are to so many of us. I’ve writt…
