“Call Me Ishmaelle” by Xiaolu Guo is a new, entertaining entry into that well-worn trend.

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 ...

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When he was only 32, Herman Melville put a bullet in his career, writing a novel so outrageous (incest was one theme) that reviewers thought he had gone insane. “Pierre” was such a disaster that he ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Herman Melville was not a man for his time. And his most famous work, the epic adventure novel Moby-Dick. Ironically, becoming a noted, revered and beloved author while he was ...

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 ...

“Keepin’ it gangsta” might mean different things to different people. But to me, it means you livin’ life in spite of da way “da system” want you to live. But to Captain Ahab, da top-dawg of da ...