Walt Whitman's Brooklyn

Zach Layton, Brooklyn composer and Whitman fan, has gathered together a boatload of artists, musicians, and writers for "I Do Not Doubt I Am Limitless: Walt Whitman's Brooklyn," a celebration of the poet's life and work at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Thursday:

"It's going to be a Whitman freak-out jam by the waterfront," Zach Layton said.

The Wall Street Journal has more.