On a small stage in a cozy Seattle Center theater, a crew of harpooners and mates are setting off on the high seas in search of a notorious great white whale. They may not get the best of that ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

MTH’s World Premiere production of “Moby Dick a sea shanty” should not be missed. This “Moby Dick” is a remarkable, ...

A detail of a 1960s 'Moby-Dick' book cover. People still have things to say about "Moby-Dick," Herman Melville's 1851 novel about Captain Ahab's obsessive and dangerous hunt for a great white whale.

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 ...

“Call me Ishmael … ” Book-It Repertory Theatre will present a free preview of its upcoming staging of the Herman Melville classic “Moby Dick” at 7 tonight at the Seattle Public Library’s Central ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The musician Moby got his moniker from a fellow named Herman Melville who wrote a whale of a tale titled “Moby Dick,” but the singer, songwriter and DJ never ...

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 ...