Walt Whitman — patriotic poet, gay iconoclast, shrewd marketing ploy, or all three? - Boing Boing

Walt Whitman — patriotic poet, gay iconoclast, shrewd marketing ploy, or all three? - Boing Boing | marketing - Google News | May 04, 2016 at 07:37PM

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Walt Whitman — patriotic poet, gay iconoclast, shrewd marketing ploy, or all three? Boing Boing All this advertising attention to Whitman is curious since, in general, poets don't make good marketing tools. The Whitman name is particularly problematic. While some people are inspired by his steadfast support of the Union cause during the Civil War ...

May 04, 2016 at 07:37PM | marketing - Google News
Walt Whitman — patriotic poet, gay iconoclast, shrewd marketing ploy, or all three? - Boing Boing
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