jpOct 16
A brief study of egotheism: Whitman’s cosmic “I” versus Taproot’s therapeutic self.
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https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/whitmans-multitudes-and-taproots-isolation-a-study-in-modern-egotheism/
Whitman’s Multitudes and Taproot’s Isolation: A Study in Modern Egotheism

My first instinct was to decry Taproot’s “Poem” (2002), which includes the solipsistic line “This song is a poem to myself,” for not only failing but not even trying to measure up to its presumable…

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