Aspiring to Be Like Walt Whitman

Dear Diary:

Conversation recently overheard at the 92nd Street Y:

First person: “You know, if it came to that, you could always publish your own stuff, like Walt Whitman.”

Second person: “Yeah, but he wrote ‘Leaves of Grass’ and owned a printing press.”

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