Kenneth Patchen on Leaves of Grass and Mardi

Image Credit: University of Rochester

"Where did Leaves of Grass come from? From Herman Melville’s beautiful poem-in-prose called Mardi? (Read it some time.)" 

--Kenneth Patchen, "Whitman, 'our all-aroundest poet,' is culled by Mark Van Doren." 

Reprinted in Still Another Pelican in the Breadbox, but I found Patchen's review of The Portable Walt Whitman online via Fulton History in the New York PM Daily for 1945. Hard to tell the issue date--looks to be the Sunday magazine, August 12, 1945.

Link to pdf file at Fulton History:

• New York NY PM Daily 1945 - 1955.pdf