[New-Poetry] Leaves of Grass

[Beverly Rainbolt]

Indeed, it gives (me) a whole new layer to the title. Wonderful. Thanks for
passing on.

On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 10:09 AM, David Graham <grahamd at ripon.edu> wrote:

> From the Writer's Almanac:
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> *"On this day* in 1855, *the first edition of Whitman's Leaves of Grasswas printed
> *. It consisted of 12 poems and a preface. The printers were friends of
> his, and they did not charge Whitman for their work. He helped set some of
> the type himself. 'Grass' is a printer's term; it refers to a casual job
> that can be set up between busy times."
> How on earth did I not know this about the word "grass" as printer's lingo?
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