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Walt Whitman's Canadian cult

An interview with George Fetherling on America's greatest poet and his Canadian following

| May 27, 2010
Walt Whitman's Secret

Walt Whitman's Secret

by George Fetherling
(Random House,
2010;
$32.00)

In this 25-minute interview Alex Samur chats with George Fetherling about his latest novel Walt Whitman's Secret and the impact the American poet had on Canadians.

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George Fetherling, the "iconic Canadian poet, writer and editor" (Globe and Mail), has been called "a mercurial, liberal intelligence…the kind of which English Canada has too short a supply" (Montreal Gazette). His 50 books include fiction, memoir, travel narrative and cultural commentary. He lives in Vancouver and Toronto. His column on books appears on rabble.ca.

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