Moussa Kone, illustrator and Harpune Verlag, publisher. "Etymology," 2012. (Courtesy Moussa Kone and Harpune Verlag. Photo by Kathy Tarantola/Peabody Essex Museum) Happy birthday, Herman Melville! On ...
SALEM — “Moby-Dick” has the most famous opening sentence in American literature: “Call me Ishmael.” That’s it, but what a lot gets packed into those three words. Now that sentence can make a further ...
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is launching its first Moby-Dick Book Club, a free virtual series exploring Herman Melville’s iconic novel. The three-part series, moderated by Marina Wells, assistant ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Streamlining Melville’s sprawling novel, Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s moody, monochromatic 2010 adaptation has come to the Metropolitan Opera. By ...
A guest follows along during the 25-hour-long reading of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or, the Whale at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty ...
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is launching its first Moby-Dick Book Club, a free virtual series exploring Herman Melville’s iconic novel. The three-part series, moderated by Marina Wells, assistant ...