Picture this: A timid, would-be mariner arrives in a crowded New England whaling port — and winds up sharing a bed with a nearly naked, heavily tattooed, oddly coiffed reputed cannibal, the proud ...

MOBY-DICK is not only a very big book; it is also a peculiarly full and rich one, and from the very opening it conveys a sense of abundance, of high creative power, that exhilarates and enlarges the ...

As an environmental historian and scholar of the 19th century, I spend a lot of time thinking about how the past can help us confront our current crises – especially climate change. And there’s a lot ...

When I got the call from the organizers of the 10th-annual "Moby-Dick” read-a-thon at Arrowhead – the historic Pittsfield, Massachusetts, home where Herman Melville penned the epic starting in 1850 – ...

It is my good fortune that no teacher ever assigned “Moby-Dick” while I was in school. I'm only now reading Herman Melville's masterpiece and regularly feeling gratitude to my teachers for not ...

1 Alaska Thunderf*ck and J. Harrison Ghee Will Lead OH, MARY! National Tour For those who are unfamiliar with the story (including myself prior to Saturday night's opening performance), the plot ...

Great white whale in space. Queequeg sits down and tries to read, but Ishmael won’t leave him alone. Ishmael: “When you were a kid, what did you eat at Thanksgiving?” Queequeg: “Space turkey. Same as ...

‘Moby-Dick’ inspired the Warner Brothers film starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab – and perhaps can inspire readers today amid the climate crisis. Fox Photos/Hulton Archive via Getty Images As an ...