“The Melville boom,” the critic Van Wyck Brooks wrote in 1921, is “only a question of time.” By the 1930s the prediction had been borne out; after decades of neglect, “Moby-Dick” (1851) was widely ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Guo’s recasting of Ishmaelle is no exception. Orphaned as a teenager in an impoverished fishing village in Kent, ...

“Gregory Peck was terribly shy, my father said, whereas John Huston was more outgoing, while Richard Basehart and Noel Purcell were good, hardy boys; Noel Purcell would drink a fair few gin and tonics ...

I woke up and had my usual breakfast smoothie — kale, broccoli, purple cabbage, beet greens, strawberries, turmeric, ginger, banana, cranberries, and DHA oil. I’ve been a vegan now for 29 years. My ...

Their 30th Annual “Moby-Dick” Marathon — in which some 250 volunteers take turns reading Herman Melville’s classic aloud, cover to cover, over the course of some 25 hours — kicks off Jan. 3 at noon, ...