Great news, Amanda! the more Amanda Katz, the better.

I dunno. All of Melville's work is accessible and fun. I'm dead serious. It is.

Splendid article!

Birds.

Splendid news Hester! I loved my one visit to Wash U. Enjoy this new chapter!

Seen in Boston.

Just retired. But have continued teaching for the joy and to preserve critical inquiry, archives (material and cultural), and community support. So hard, so rewarding.

I like Mump, or, given they are a pair, the Mumps.

I’d love to join too!

Might I join the starter pack too? I realize I had let my C19 membership lapse, but now it's restored. What a great place to be! Thank you so much.

Family includes everyone! ❤️

‘People are rooting for the whale’: the strange American tradition of Moby-Dick reading marathons For decades, diehard fans have joined together to read Herman Melville’s 600-page novel aloud in exotic locations

Rooting for the whale!

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Oughtta be a book on that. It took me how long to shed Hemingway? That was in the 70s, mind you. I thought I was a feminist.

Madwoman in the Attic made all the difference.

Happened slowly. It took me awhile to miss the joy.

Opinion | When Will Democrats Learn to Say No? Why supermajority thinking is urgently needed on the left.

Bracing words from Adam Jentleson. Wake up, my friends: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/o...