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Leaves of Grass, Part 1
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 10-27-16
- Language: English
- Publisher: Spoken Realms
Regular price: $8.55
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Perfect Interpretation of Whitman’s Voice
We only have one crackly recording of Whitman’s actual voice, but I imagine it to be more like Jack Chekijian’s version. Not performance or oratory, but meditative. Almost as if speaking to himself as much as anyone else.
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