“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 ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum is hosting its 30th annual marathon reading of "Moby-Dick." The live reading of the novel begins at noon on Saturday, Jan. 3. The reading takes about 25 hours, and is ...

A new termite species, Cryptotermes mobydicki, was discovered in South America by an international research team. The termite was named for its resemblance to the white sperm whale from Herman ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum's 30th annual reading of "Moby-Dick" kicks off on Jan. 3. (Courtesy New Bedford Whaling Museum) "Call me Ishmael” — one of the most famous first lines in literary ...

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, ...