July 7, 2026

This 1800s American poet celebrated his trips to Highlands, New Jersey in a set of his poems called 'Fancies at Navesink'. From 1836 to 1838 he lived in Hempstead village on Long Island, which now lists him among its famous former residents. Which writer connects the two places?

A Walt Whitman
B Shirley Graham Du Bois
C John Steinbeck
D Edgar Allan Poe

Walt Whitman lived in the village of Hempstead on Long Island from 1836 to 1838, well before Leaves of Grass. He later celebrated his visits to Highlands, New Jersey in a group of poems called 'Fancies at Navesink'.

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