InBooks Are Our SuperpowerbyCtrlzlife·May 19, 2025I Tried to Read Moby-Dick and Now Everything Is a Whale MetaphorSpoiler: I started with adventure, ended up emotionally entangled with cetaceans and contemplating the spiritual meaning of my breakfast.A response icon4A response icon4
Tim Davis·Feb 11, 2025Deconstructing an ObsessionAlong with thousands of other readers, I admit to sharing an obsession with Melville’s masterpiece, “Moby Dick”. So much so, that I’m…A response icon2A response icon2
Ride Hamilton (Cancer & Abuse Survivor)·May 5, 2023The Enduring Legacy of Moby Dick: How Herman Melville’s Masterpiece Can Help You Be a Better Writer“Call me Ishmael” — a memorable opening line to one of the greatest American novels of all time. Moby Dick by Herman Melville is a…
InNew American HistorybyEd Ayers·Mar 15, 2023Pieces of the PastA spine-tingling day of visits to the places where James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, and Thomas Cole created their most famous works.
Nick Mangia·Aug 13, 2019Melville’s Ethnography: Moby Dick and the American Colonial AttitudeHerman Melville (1819–1891) lived during one of the most ethnically divided eras in American history. Upon the publication of his Romantic…
Sean P. Ryan·Aug 1, 2019Serious MelvilleToo often the age-old idea of duality limits a nuanced understanding of life. The proverbial battle between good and evil, light and dark…
Albert Bates·Jun 23, 2019Riding the Whale’s TailHerman Melville, when otherwise not occupied aboard his whaling ship, the Acushnet, stared out to sea and mentally composed his…
