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Johnny Stallings on Walt Whitman as "the poet of American democracy"

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Johnny Stallings recites Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" by memory in Marfa. (Photo by Caroline Halter)

On this episode of West Texas Talk, writer, actor and director Johnny Stallings talks about Walt Whitman's enduring legacy in American society. Stallings will be performing one of Whitman's most renowned works, "Song of Myself," on Friday, September 22 at the Presidio County Courthouse at 7pm.

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