Moby-Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville was published on November 14, 1851, which makes the book 173 years old. Such a rascal of a novel, to be sure. To celebrate, here’s a quick story. Last year, for Halloween, I spent the night before rustling up a likeness of Captain Ahab. I had given one …
Here's a poem from long before I started The White Whale. The imagery came to me in a dream, and I woke up the next day and wrote the poem.
Last year around this time, I launched The White Whale with a post not about Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, but rather his short story, “Bartleby, the Scrivener.” It’s such a curious story, and when I had written about it before, I had been obsessing about John Jacob Astor, a name mentioned by the narrator at the …
Last week, a friend sent along a message about November 14, noting that this day marked the publication of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. That would have been back in 1851, making the book 168 years old. He also said that makes November 14, White Whale Day, too, so I thought I’d take some time to …
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