Walt Whitman Birthplace Association is delighted to host this virtual ceremony to celebrate the new Suffolk County Poet Laureate for 2021-2023. George Wallace, the first Suffolk County Poet Laureate, will introduce our new Suffolk County Poet Laureate. The ceremony includes live music performed by Long Island-based Singer-Songwriter Linda Sussman and a reading by the incoming Suffolk County Poet Laureate, with an opportunity to congratulate the poet at the end of the program.