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Miller Improves Literary Culture in NYC Through Walt Whitman Initiative

By On October 31, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Matt Miller, associate professor of English at Stern College for Women, is involved in efforts to improve the literary culture in New York City as part of a new nonprofit group, the Walt Whitman Initiative. These include renovations of the Walt Whitman Park in downtown Brooklyn, placing a commemorative plaque at the site […]

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Miller Named Walt Whitman Initiative Board Member

By On August 17, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Matt Miller, associate professor of English at Stern College for Women, has been named a board member of a new nonprofit group called the Walt Whitman Initiative, an organization dedicated to the study and promotion of Whitman’s writings.

On July 15, the Initiative held its first event, a celebration of Walt Whitman and […]

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Miller to Give Talk on Whitman at Brooklyn Public Library

By On April 2, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Matthew Miller, associate professor of English at Yeshiva University, is giving a talk on Thursday, April 9th from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Park Slope Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, 431 6th Ave. at 9th St in Brooklyn, New York. The talk, entitled “Walt Whitman’s Writing Process: The Poet at Work in Brooklyn,” will explore […]

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Miller Publishes Article on Poetry of Hayden Carruth, Is Interviewed by NPR

By On September 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Matthew Miller, assistant professor of English at YU’s Stern College for Women, contributed an article to a recently published anthology of critical writings on the poetry of Hayden Carruth.

Titled “A Love Supreme: Jazz and the Poetry of Hayden Carruth,” Miller’s essay discusses the connection between the genre of music that became popular in […]

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