- What if this text had been born digital?
How does the life-long editing process of Leaves of Grass juxtapose or harmonize with the current atmosphere of digital editing? Think of impermanence and fragmentation.
- We are accustomed to researching a piece of text through the lens of its author. Is it because the life of an author is finite? Does the infinity of a text make us uncomfortable?
"The powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse..."
- How are the underlying, unstated “roots” part of the text without being directly stated in the poems?
