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Walt Whitman and Bob Dylan (AP Photo/David Vincent/Salon)

Bob Dylan is the new Walt Whitman

Scott Peeples
(AP/Getty/Salon)

Elvis was America. Now America is Elvis

David Masciotra

Walt Whitman novel uncovered

Rachel Leah
(Getty/Evert Elzinga/Wikicommon)

2016: Elegy for a year of loss
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Donald Trump; Walt Whitman (Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Wikimedia)

Walt Whitman saw Trump coming

David Masciotra
Barack Obama delivers the keynote speech during the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, July 27, 2004. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Obama reclaimed patriotism

David Masciotra
(Wikimedia/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1448759p1.html'>LoloStock</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Walt Whitman at the strip club

John Marsh
Walt Whitman (AP)

Ira Chernus - Alternet
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Walt Whitman (AP)

The Walt Whitman of gay porn

Justin Abraham Linds
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