The Self in the Poem By Linda Gregerson Walt Whitman in Washington You need an active subscription to view this contentYou should really subscribe now!Or login if you already have a subscription. Share — Issue: Spring 2012 / Volume 88/2 Published: June 21, 2012 Linda Gregerson Linda Gregerson’s new book of poems, The Selvage, will be published this fall by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She is the Caroline Walker Bynum Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan.