Podcasts about Herman Melville

What happened to deep male friendships? Michael speaks with author Sam Graham-Felsen about his deeply personal and widely resonant New York Times essay on the quiet epidemic of male loneliness. From childhood sleepovers to adult solitude, Graham-Felsen explores how once-intense male friendships fade with age—and what that says about masculinity, society, and emotional intimacy today. Together, they unpack historical shifts, social norms, and powerful data showing that American men are increasingly disconnected from one another. With reflections on politics, social media, and what we can learn from Abraham Lincoln and Herman Melville's letters to their male friends, this is a conversation about what it means to be a man—and a friend—in today's world. A must-listen for anyone navigating modern relationships—male or female. Original air date 27 May 2025.

For several decades, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was perhaps the most prominent writer and intellectual in America. As an advocate of personal freedom living in Massachusetts, surrounded by passionate abolitionists, one might expect that his positions regarding slavery would be obvious and uncomplicated. And yet, Emerson struggled with the issue - not whether it was wrong (he was opposed to it), but the extent to which it obliged him or others to take action, and if so, how best to act in a way consistent with his philosophical principles. In this episode, Jacke talks to author Kenneth Sacks (Emerson's Civil Wars: Spirit in Society in the Age of Abolition) about what Emerson's wavering between self-reliance and collective action can tell us about who he was as a thinker and person - and whether his journey has lessons for the rest of us. PLUS Victoria Namkung (An Immortal Book: Selected Writings by Sui Sin Far) stops by to discuss her choice for the last book she will ever read. AND ALSO Jacke jumps into the belly of the clickbait whale, following the headline "We Had Sex Inside Moby-Dick!" to learn about Japan's love hotels and their connection(?) to the Herman Melville classic. Additional listening: 667 Sui Sin Far with Victoria Namkung 603 Rethinking Ralph Waldo Emerson (with James Marcus) 111 The Americanest American - Ralph Waldo Emerson The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A talk between publisher Mallory Smart and designer Dmitry Samarov on the occasion of the release of a new illustrated edition of Herman Melville's classic by Maudlin House. The event took place at Tangible Books in Chicago on May 10th, 2025.

Verse 77 this time. I call it ‘The Tao of Robin Hood,' who was an equalizer of his (mythical) day, like Tao is all the time. In its yin-yang algorithm, ‘just enough' is given to all, so no one lacks, and no one has more than enough. If another, ‘human tao' interfereswith ‘Heaven's Tao,' then the yin-yang balance actually takes from those with too much, and gives to those with not enough.In this episode Marc confesses his love of Marx's analytical power to understand big power issues (though he has no love for Marxism, or its actual practices in real time).We hear from lots of voices today: Thich Naht Hanh, The Buddha, Mick Jagger, Sun Tzu, and Herman Melville.

Esta semana se celebró el Día del Trabajo y en Letras en el Tiempo dedicamos el programa a recordar uno de los mayores flagelos de la humanidad: la esclavitud. Mark Twain, Herman Melville, Enrique López Albújar son algunos de los escritores que se dedicaron a denunciar en sus novelas esta denigrante práctica. Gracias por escucharnos

«Ich möchte lieber nicht», mit dieser Aussage hat Bartleby einen festen Platz in der Weltliteratur. Herman Melville schuf mit «Bartleby, der Schreiber» eine Figur, die erst spät Ruhm erlangte. Jennifer Khakshouri ist begeistert von diesem unterhaltsamen, politischen und zugleich tieftraurigen Buch. Herman Melville kennt man vor allem für seinen weltberühmten Wälzer «Moby Dick». Er hat aber auch die kurze Geschichte «Bartleby, der Schreiber – Eine Geschichte aus der Wall Street» geschrieben. Die Geschichte wird von einem Notar erzählt, bei dem Bartleby als Schreiber arbeitet. Schreiber haben Dokumente wie Verträge Wort für Wort abgeschrieben. Bartleby erledigt seine Arbeit mit grosser Akribie, bis er eines Tages aufhört und sagt: «Ich möchte lieber nicht». ____________________ Dieses Buch steht im Zentrum der Folge: Herman Melville. Bartleby, der Schreiber. 128 Seiten. Übersetzt und mit einem Nachwort von Karl-Heinz Ott. Kampa Verlag, 2025. ____________________ Bei Fragen oder Anregungen schreibt uns: literatur@srf.ch ____________________ In dieser Episode zu hören - Karl-Heinz Ott, Schriftsteller und Übersetzer - Christine Abbt, Professorin für Philosophie, Universität St. Gallen ____________________ Erwähnte weitere Bücher - Herman Melville. Moby Dick - Christine Abbt. Der wortlose Suizid: Die literarische Gestaltung der Sprachverlassenheit als Herausforderung für die Ethik. ____________________ - Hosts: Jennifer Khakshouri und Michael Luisier ____________________ Das ist «Literaturclub: Zwei mit Buch»: Ein Podcast über Bücher und die Welten, die sie uns eröffnen. Alle zwei Wochen tauchen wir im Duo in eine Neuerscheinung ein, spüren Themen, Figuren und Sprache nach und folgen den Gedanken, welche die Lektüre auslöst. Dazu sprechen wir mit der Autorin oder dem Autor und holen zusätzliche Stimmen zu den Fragen ein, die uns beim Lesen umgetrieben haben. Lesen heisst entdecken. Weitere Informationen und den wöchentlichen Literaturnewsletter gibt es unter https://www.srf.ch/literatur

"The struggle is the cost of admission. It is the price of doing business." - Stephen MarcheStephen Marche: On Writing, Failure, and the Enduring Struggle of the Creative Life

During a violent thunderstorm, a reclusive man is visited by a strange salesman peddling lightning rods—but what begins as a sales pitch quickly spirals into a chilling confrontation about fear, faith, and control. Is the visitor a protector… or something far more sinister? Hear Herman Melville's “The Lightning-Rod Man” from Faces In The Window! | #RetroRadio EP0391Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version of #WeirdDarkness and #RetroRadio:https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate and Only Accurate For the Commercial Version)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:50.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Mirror, Mirror” (January 28, 1976) ***WD00:47:05.019 = Faces In The Window, “Lightning Rod Man” (January 17, 1953) ***WD (LQ)01:11:57.309 = Dark Fantasy, “Resolution” (January 02, 1942) ***WD01:37:07.609 = Diary of Fate, “Paul Reese” (March 23, 1948) ***WD (LQ)02:06:34.239 = BBC Fear on 4, “Day At The Dentist's” (March 13, 1988)02:36:16.259 = Five Minute Mysteries, “Case of Oversight” (July 28, 1948)02:42:49.939 = Future Tense, “A Pail Of Air” (May 20, 1974) ***WD03:11:16.829 = Gang Busters, “New Jersey Counterfeiters” (December 13, 1947)03:42:22.089 = Green Hornet, “Lightning Strikes a Shakedown” (August 10, 1939)04:12:12.759 = Hall of Fantasy, “Man-Size In Marble” (April 10, 1947)04:39:34.989 = The Lives of Harry Live, “Pleasure Before Business” (March 28, 1952) ***WD05:04:06.428 = Show Close(ADU) = Air Date Unknown(LQ) = Low Quality***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.= = = = =CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0391TAGS: old time radio, otr horror, classic radio shows, horror radio shows, vintage radio dramas, suspense radio classics, 1940s radio horror, old radio mystery shows, creepy old radio shows, true crime radio, supernatural radio plays, golden age radio, eerie radio mysteries, macabre old time radio, nostalgic thrillers, classic crime podcast, retro horror podcast, weird darkness, weird darkness podcast, weird darkness retro radio, retro radio, classic radio

Jennifer Khakshouri, Adriana Altaras, Philipp Tingler und als Gast Psychotherapeutin Felizitas Ambauen diskutieren über «Bartleby, der Schreiber» von Herman Melville, «Dream Count» von Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, «Das Lieben danach» von Helene Bracht sowie über «See der Schöpfung» von Rachel Kushner. «I would prefer not to» oder «Ich möchte lieber nicht»: Mit diesem Satz hat sich ein Büroangestellter namens Bartleby in der Literaturgeschichte verewigt. Mit seiner Neinsager-Geschichte «Bartleby, der Schreiber» hat der englische Romancier Herman Melville neben «Moby Dick» einen zweiten Klassiker erschaffen. Angesichts der heutigen Suche nach Work-Life-Balance und Resilienz scheint dieser höchst aktuell. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ist ein Weltstar der Literatur. Ihr Roman «Americanah» über eine Frau, die in mehreren Kulturen gleichzeitig lebt, war ein internationaler Erfolg. Nun ist ihr lang erwarteter zweiter Roman «Dream Count» erschienen. Aus der Perspektive von vier Frauen um die 40 schreibt sie über Freundschaft, Selbstbestimmung und Afrika-Klischees. Mit 70 Jahren hat die Psychologin Helene Bracht ihr literarisches Debüt veröffentlicht. Fast ein ganzes Leben hat sie gebraucht, um sich dem Trauma ihrer Kindheit anzunähern: Im Memoir «Das Lieben danach» erzählt sie, wie sie von ihrem Nachhilfelehrer sexuell missbraucht wurde. Helene Bracht beschreibt offen und ungeschönt, welche Spuren dies in ihrem Liebesleben und ihrer Körperlichkeit hinterlassen hat. Die US-amerikanische Autorin Rachel Kushner hat mit «See der Schöpfung» einen Spionageroman mit philosophischem Tiefgang geschrieben. Eine Agentin hat den Auftrag, sich in eine Gemeinschaft von radikalen Umweltaktivisten einzuschleusen. Packend und intellektuell herausfordernd umkreist sie relevante Themen wie den Kampf um Wasserressourcen und Kapitalismuskritik. Die Bücher der Sendung sind: – Herman Melville: «Bartleby, der Schreiber» (Kampa); – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: «Dream Count» (S. Fischer); – Helene Bracht: «Das Lieben danach» (Hanser); und – Rachel Kushner: «See der Schöpfung» (Rowohlt). Gast der Sendung ist die Psychotherapeutin und Podcasterin Felizitas Ambauen.

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousandfibers connect us with our fellows; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects" -Herman Melville

Find your Spy Superpower: https://yt.everydayspy.com/4j4CPAZ I just finished reading Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, and I'm shocked by how much the ending of this book moved me. SPOILER ALERT: I share the ending of Moby Dick in detail as I deliver my analysis of the lessons, insights, and relevancy shared in the final chapters. In many ways, finishing this book is the completion of a 30-year journey for me, and I'm overwhelmed with humility and gratitude as I share these thoughts on a book that for so long has been impacting the world.

John and Ben dive deep into Scam-erican literature this week with the help of friend of the pod and resident Melville expert: Chris Thomas. We discuss Melville's final novel: "The Confidence Man: His Masquerade". Topics of discussion include the trustworthiness of barbers, America's enduring interest in flim-flam artists of all sorts, and the long shadow of Don Quixote. As always, we hope that you enjoy the conversation.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. ~Herman Melville Check out John Lee Dumas' award winning Podcast Entrepreneurs on Fire on your favorite podcast directory. For world class free courses and resources to help you on your Entrepreneurial journey visit EOFire.com

After attending the final evening of the Metropolitan Opera's performance of  Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, in this  episode I share a passionate introduction and my fandom and I read one of my favorite segment from Chapter 15, titled "Chowder."  This hilariously funny and vivid passage describes Ishmael and Queequeg's encounter with Mrs. Hussey at the Try Pots Inn on Nantucket after their frosty voyage from New Bedford where they enjoy both a delectable clam and cod chowder before negotiating sleeping arrangements minus Queequeg's harpoon.I was so inspired to share this reading and then direct you to check out my YouTube channel for my specialD, "Ocean State of Mind Clam Chowder" recipe that I hope you'll make at home!  Zero or minimal food packaging waste, nutritious, organic and economical.https://youtu.be/DW7Dezumy5Y?si=gkg9zUMut2rwPaLj MINDFUL MEALS & SUSTAINABLE LIVING - The Art of Living an Elevated Lifestyle

El premio Alfaguara 2025 ya está registrado en la Biblioteca de Hoy por Hoy. Guillermo Saccomanno nos ha visitado para presentarnos  su novela galardonada 'Arderá el viento' que nos lleva a una decadente villa turística de la costa argentina en la que violencia se manifiesta con todos sus apelidos: social, política o familiar.  Es una historia donde sexo, poder y dinero conforman la ecuación perfecta de la degradación. El autor argentino, además de donarnos un ejemplo de su libro, nos ha donado otros dos libros que le han marcado en su vida: 'Los hermanos Karamazov' de Fiodor Dostoievski (Alianza) y  'Moby Dick' de Herman Melville (Anaya).  Antonio Martínez Asensio, nuestro bibliotecario, nos ha traído tres libros hoy. Por actualidad y por el día internacional de la poesía, dos poemarios:  'La comedia de la carne' de Carlos Pardo (La Bella Varsovia) y 'La lentitud de los bueyes' de Julio Llamazares – Ilustrado por Leticia Ruifernández - Editorial Nórdica. Y como siempre, nos deja el volumen de su programa 'un libro una hora' que hoy fue 'Viento del norte' de  Elena Quiroga (Bamba Editorial) . De todas las novedades de la semana nos quedamos con dos que nos trajo el empleado de la biblioteca Pepe Rubio: 'El vuelo del hombre' de Benjamín G. ROSADO , premio Biblioteca Breve 2025 editado por Seix Barral, y 'El hielo de los suyos' de Montse Sánchez Alonso (Tránsito).  Tampoco ha faltado a la cita de la Biblioteca el rescatador de libros abandonados Pascual Donate que esta semana salvó del reciclaje a 'Solteronas: historias de un estigma'  de Manuel Jiménez Núñez  (Espasa). Por último las donaciones de los oyentes que fueron: 'Carcoma' Layla Martínez (Amor de madre), 'El señor de las moscas' de William Golding (Alianza) y 'El corazón helado' de Almudena Grandes (Tusquets) 

Yvette Benavides and Peter Orner welcome internationally renowned cartoonist, Ricardo Siri— known professionally as Liniers—to discuss “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” by Herman Melville.

'Pipas' de Esther L. Calderón (Pepitas de Calabaza) es la novela de una generación , la de los nacidos en los 80 y que comían pipas en los noventa en los bancos de barrios o ciudades periféricas. Los protagonistas forman parte de aquellos niños y adolescentes que cargaron con los sueños de futuro  y progreso de sus padres y sus abuelos.  Es una novela 'Pipas' , sin pretenderlo, con un ensayo sociológico dentro, pero también con unos personajes y unas tramas con las que muchos nos podemos identificar. Es brutal. Esther Calderón, además de dejarnos 'Pipas'  ha donado  '¿Por qué ser feliz cuando puedes ser normal? ' de Jeannette Winterson (Lumen) y 'Las cosas que llevaban los hombres que lucharon' de Tim O´Brien (Anagrama). Antes nuestro bibliotecario Antonio Martínez Asensio registró dos libros relacionados con la actualidad  sus lecturas semanales: 'El orden del día' de Eric Vuillard (Tusquets) y 'Secreto y pasión de la literatura" de Juan Cruz (Tusquets). En el capítulos de novedades Pepe Rubio  trajo dos libros más:  'El caso de las cabezas cortadas' de Gonzalo Suárez (Nórdica) y  'El mundo horizontal' de Bruno Remaury (Periférica). Pascual Donate volvió al rescate de libros con  'Prehistoria de mujeres ' de Marga Sánchez Romero (Destino). De 'Un libro una hora', el programa de Antonio Martínez Asensio,  nos quedamos esta semana con 'Memorias de Leticia Valle' de Rosa Chacel.(Herce) . Por último tuvimos las donaciones de los oyentes: 'Theodoros'  de Mircea Cartarescu  (Impedimenta) , 'El secreto de Gabriela  Salazar ' de César Mallorquí (Esfera de los Libros) y 'Moby Dick' de Herman Melville (Alianza) 

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Of all contemporary Cape Verdeans, Cesaria Evora, "the Queen of the Morna" made the biggest impression internationally. However the first Cape Verdean to grace the American imagination was the harpooner Dagoo in Herman Melville's Moby Dick (1851). Cape Verdeans first arrived in United States as whalers in the late 1700's and have been coming ever since, bringing a distinctive Portuguese-African Kriolu flavor to communities across Southern New England and beyond. We'll take a step back in time and look at the rich cultural life of Cape Verdean neighborhoods, where great bands played mornas and coladeiras at local social clubs. Our principle guide for this program will be historian Marilyn Halter, author of “Between Race and Ethnicity: Cape Verdean American Immigrants, 1860-1965.” She'll take us through the years as the Cape Verdean community navigated the turbulent waters of opportunity and identity in America long before the age of American multiculturalism. Then we'll jump ahead and explore current trends from the far-flung Diaspora's thriving music scene, ranging from hip-busting funaná to sleek cabo-zouk. All along, we'll be hearing from Cape Verdean-American musicians, from old-time guitar master Freddy Silva to rapper Mo Green, as they reflect on immigration, nostalgia, heritage, and what it means to be Cape Verdean in the United States. Produced by Marlon Bishop APWW #571

Este relato nos conduce hasta un personaje al que los lectores de todo el mundo todavía no han conseguido desentrañar. No les queremos engañar: esta es una historia absurda, protagonizada por un ser humano… absurdo. Les sugerimos que lo miren con más piedad que severidad. Y con más interés que lógica. Les resultará interesante, e intrigante, la vida de… 'Bartleby, el escribiente', un cuento de Herman Melville. 

Jamás imaginamos hacer radio -ni teatro- desde un velero de tres palos del siglo XIX. Con Sergio del Molino nos subimos a bordo del Pequod, rumbo al Ártico, para entrevistar al gran Herman Melville, novelista y autor de Moby Dick, entre otros relatos.

Tout un Art ! est une série inédite à l'occasion de la Journée mondiale de la Baleine, le 19 février.Moby Dick, c'est l'histoire d'un baleinier, le Pequod, qui sillonne les mers pour chasser les cétacés. À sa tête, le capitaine Achab, vieux loup de mer couturé de cicatrice, à la jambe sculptée dans un os de baleine. Son but n'est pas tant de tuer un grand nombre de baleines que de tuer LA baleine. Son ennemi intime s'appelle Moby Dick, un cachalot blanc géant qui lui a emporté la jambe lors d'une précédente confrontation.Pourquoi Moby Dick fascine-t-il autant ? D'abord parce qu'il s'inspire de faits réels.L'auteur de Moby Dick, l'Étatsunien Herman Melville connaît bien la vie à bord des baleiniers : il fut lui-même chasseur de baleines.Le roman s'inspire d'une histoire vraie : le naufrage de l'Essex, en 1821. En 1820, dans l'océan Pacifique, au large de l'Amérique du Sud, ce baleinier parti de Nantucket (Atlantique Nord) est heurté par un cachalot. Accident ou attaque de l'animal ? Les survivants, qui fuient dans des chaloupes, finissent par manger leurs propres morts ... Melville a accès au récit de l'un des survivants, Owen Chase, le second de l'Essex. Il s'en inspire pour son roman publié en 1851, devenu un classique depuis. En 2015, c'est le réalisateur Ron Howard qui reprend le fait divers dans son film Au cœur de l'océan.Même Moby Dick est inspiré d'un cachalot réel : Mocha Dick, un géant blanc aussi, qui fréquentait souvent les eaux de l'île Mocha au sud du Chili. Ce cachalot avait une réputation redoutable : il échappa de nombreuses fois aux harpons avant d'être tué.Les chasseurs avaient pour habitude de donner des noms aux animaux les plus combatifs. En les humanisant, ils transforment la chasse en combat. Ah ce besoin de domination et d'exploitation du Vivant … En anglais dick, c'est le diminutif de “Richard” mais… c'est aussi le sexe masculin. Par ailleurs, les premiers marins pensaient que le melon du cachalot était rempli de sperme, d'où son nom anglais, sperm whale; Cette substance huileuse blanchâtre s'appelle le spermaceti et aurait différents usages, notamment dans l'écholocation.  Si le roman symbolise l'éternelle lutte du bien contre le mal : Achab veut se venger de Moby Dick. Mais qui sont les gentils et qui sont les méchants dans la chasse à la baleine ?______La série "Tout un Art !" 12x10') raconte le Vivant dans la (pop) culture, l'Art et l'Histoire, au-delà des aspects biologiques et comportementaux. Et aussi de connecter deux mondes qui se nourrissent l'un l'autre. _______Cette émission a été conçue et préparée par deux grands curieux. Sylvia Roustant est professeure, agrégée de lettres et créatrice du site Le secret derrière le tableau.Marc Mortelmans est créateur de podcasts, conférencier et auteur de Nomen, l'origine des noms des espèces (Ulmer 2024).contact@baleinesousgravillon.com.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

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What happens when a woman becomes obsessed with Herman Melville during the pandemic? What if the process of sorting fact from fiction in Melville's work inspires a midlife reckoning with her own marriage and ambition? And what if she (a poet) and her husband (a novelist, by the way) write a book about all of it? Well, the result would be something like Dayswork: A Novel, which has been called "a supremely literate achievement that wears its erudition lightly." In this episode, Jacke talks to the poet and her novelist husband, Jennifer Habel and Chris Bachelder, about what Melville means to them. PLUS Alexander Boots (The Strangers' House: Writing Northern Ireland) discusses his choice for the last book he will ever read. Additional listening suggestions: 513 The Writers of Northern Ireland with Alexander Poots 481 Moby-Dick: 10 Essential Questions (Part One) 482 Moby-Dick: 10 Essential Questions (Part Two) The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the penultimate episode of this season, there's a lot of talk about Melville's relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne as we get more of Melville's life as he bounces through time, writes Moby-Dick and the creation of “its own kind of reader: an inexhaustible reader. A reader that didn't yet exist . . .” The "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt is still available and still sexy. Next episode will be next week at the regularly scheduled time and will cover the end of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "Vertigo" by FM Belfast. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.  

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. And this one if you listen on Spotify. The others will be going away in the near future.] On the final episode of 2024, Chad, Brian, and Kaija talk about Nico C. and being unmoored from time, last words, footnotes and ellipses, some highlights from the past year, ice, and more. The "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt is still available and still sexy. Next episode will be next week at the regularly scheduled time and will cover pages 189-245 of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "Water" by Ra Ra Riot. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. And this one if you listen on Spotify. The others will be going away in the near future.] On the final episode of 2024, Chad, Brian, and Kaija talk about Nico C. and being unmoored from time, last words, footnotes and ellipses, some highlights from the past year, ice, and more. The "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt is still available and still sexy. Next episode will be next week at the regularly scheduled time and will cover pages 189-245 of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "Water" by Ra Ra Riot. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.  

In the penultimate episode of this season, there's a lot of talk about Melville's relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne as we get more of Melville's life as he bounces through time, writes Moby-Dick and the creation of “its own kind of reader: an inexhaustible reader. A reader that didn't yet exist . . .” The "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt is still available and still sexy. Next episode will be next week at the regularly scheduled time and will cover the end of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "Vertigo" by FM Belfast. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

“Call me Ishmael.” This Fierce Bit unpacks the simplicity and mystery of Herman Melville's opening to Moby-Dick. Learn how these three words invite us into a profound journey and remind us that even the simplest beginnings can lead to transformation.

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] With Melville's Fidèle receding into the dark distance, we turn our attention to Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill, a bombastic book about Alan Melvill and Herman and the passing down of stories from one generation to the next. On this special episode, translator Will Vanderhyden joins Brian, Chad, and Kaija to talk about translating Fresán, about the style and word play found in his books, about the footnotes, about what's to come. They also talk about the line connecting this to Confidence-Man, and how to read footnotes. And about the interplay between two narratorial voices in this first part. Also mentioned are this interview with Fresán on Between the Covers, this one with Will Vanderhyden on Beyond the Zero, and this new Fresán story ("Music to Destroy Worlds" (An Exoeriment)") in Southwest Review.  And here's where you can get your own "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt mentioned in this episode. Next episode will cover pages 62-123 of Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill. You can find the full reading schedule here. This week's music is "Sink or Swim" by Young Fathers. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know. Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.

Before his marriage, before meeting Herman Melville, and before the publication of The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne was living in near seclusion, writing the stories that formed his first collection Twice-Told Tales. Edgar Allan Poe was impressed: "His tone is singularly effective," he wrote, "wild, plaintive, thoughtful, and in full accordance with his themes...We look upon him as one of the few men of indisputable genius to whom our country has as yet given birth." In this episode, Jacke takes a look at one of these Twice-Told Tales, the short story "Wakefield," in which a Londoner abandons his wife, takes up residence one street away, then rejoins his family after twenty years as if he'd never left. The story is read in full by Emma Wilson, HOL producer. PLUS Amelia Possanza (Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives) stops by to discuss her choice for the last book she will ever read. Additional listening: 296 Nathaniel Hawthorne 461 The Peabody Sisters (with Megan Marshall) 297 The Scarlet Letter The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can a novel set during one brief moment near the end of Herman Melville's father's life, a moment lost to history and now fully overshadowed by his son's enduring literary legacy, become a portal to discuss the world entire? Melvill is a novel about reading and writing, about parenthood and legacy, about madness and memory, about […] The post Rodrigo Fresán : Melvill appeared first on Tin House.

Visit glögg glögg, a POP up ART sale, Dec 13-14 in Woodstock NY: ⁠website⁠ or ⁠IG⁠ --------------- Artist, Jennifer Coates is back for Part 3 in our series about finding artistic resilience through research! This time we look at these artists and how they adapted to their own gloomy times of foreboding: Kay Sage: Found a way to paint even though she was a victim of domestic violence and ignored by the art world, and used her money to help Surrealist artists flee Germany and France before WWII Grete Stern: Sneakily slipped in feminist art into a fluffy women's magazine under the Peronist regime Jacob Lawrence: Illustrated injustices and acts of racism not covered by the history books Frederic Edwin Church: Painted an emblem that many thought symbolized the coming Civil War Works mentioned: Kay Sage works: "This Morning" 1939, "China Eggs" Autobiography, "I Saw Three Cities" 1944, "A Bird in the Room" 1955, "Destiny" a poem Grete Stern works: "Los Sueños: Muñecos (Dreams: The Doll)" 1949 for Idilio Magazine (Argentina) Jacob Lawrence works: "The Life of Toussaint Louverture," "Migration" and "Struggle" Series Frederic Edwin Church works: "Meteor" 1860, with writers/poets: Herman Melville's "The Portent" 1859, Walt Whitman's "Year of Meteors" 1860 and "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" 1856 (both "Leaves of Grass") Other artists mentioned: André Breton, Fra Angelico, Piero della Francesca **Disclaimer: As we are not historians by trade, some factual errors may have slipped through. Apologies if so ** Jennifer Coates online: ⁠web⁠ and ⁠IG⁠ Amy Talluto online: ⁠web⁠ and ⁠IG⁠ Thank you, Jennifer! Thank you, Listeners! All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@peptalksforartists⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pep Talks website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠peptalksforartists.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Amy, your beloved host, on IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@talluts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Amy's website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠amytalluto.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BuyMeACoffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donations always appreciated! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peptalksforartistspod/support

Ray Bradbury, BBC Radio 3 | Leviathan 99 | May 4, 1968Waiter Fitzgerald and who tells the poetic prophetic story of the rocket ship and her crew commanded by a blinded captain, crazed like Herman Melville's Captain Ahab, hurtling through space to intercept the terrible white Moby Dick-like comet Leviathan. On the rocket base Crew of the Cetus 7 Technical direction by Harry Catlin Adapted for stereophony and produced by H. B. FORTUIN Robert Eddison is in 'The Importance of Being Earnest at the Hay-market Theatre. London Second broadcast followed by an interlude at 7.40: : : : :My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES -- THE COMPLETE ORSON WELLES .Subscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot.Thank you for your support.https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr#scifiradio #oldtimeradio #otr #radiotheater #radioclassics #bbcradio #raybradbury #twilightzone #horror #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #horrorclassics #xminusone #sciencefiction #duaneotr:::: :

Essex was an American whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799. On November 20, 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr., the ship was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale. About 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) from the coast of South America, the 20-man crew was forced to make for land in three whaleboats with what food and water they could salvage from the wreck. After a month at sea the crew landed on the uninhabited Henderson Island. Three men elected to stay on the island, from which they were rescued in April 1821, while the remaining seventeen set off again for the coast of South America. The men suffered severe dehydration, starvation and exposure on the open ocean, and the survivors eventually resorted to cannibalism. By the time they were rescued in February 1821, three months after the sinking of Essex, only five of the seventeen were alive. First mate Owen Chase and cabin boy Thomas Nickerson later wrote accounts of the ordeal. The tragedy attracted international attention, and inspired Herman Melville to write his 1851 novel, Moby-Dick.

This is nothing short of Shakespeare. And Captain Ahab is talking about two whales' heads. Floored. Gob-smacked. 0:00 - intro 3:07 - Dramatic Reading of Moby Dick; Or, The Whale 25:44  - A (not so) brief discussion Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville (1851) https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2701/pg2701-images.html#link2HCH0074 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music. Credit to https://www.soundjay.com/ for the sound effects Podcast Photo P/C: https://www.pexels.com/@luan-oosthuizen-823430/collections/

The Cure's Robert Smith continues legacy of writing songs rich with literary references; and we talk to author Rodrigo Fresán about his new novel Melvill, imagining the interior lives of Herman Melville and his father Allan, who had a significant influnece on his son's work.Thank you for listening! If you like what you hear, give us a follow at: X: Across the Pond, Galley Beggar Press, Interabang Books, Lori Feathers, Sam JordisonInstagram: Across the Pond, Galley Beggar Press, Interabang Books, Lori Feathers, Sam JordisonFacebook: Across the Pond, Galley Beggar Press, Interabang BooksTheme music by Carlos Guajardo-Molina

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This week: A new lawsuit seeks to invalidate the Republican primary for the Plymouth and Barnstable state Senate seat. And, Cape housing advocates have questions about new legislation coming from Beacon Hill. Also, who will get the honor of sculpting Herman Melville?

Secretions Magnifiques by Etat Libre d'Orange (2006) + Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville (1851) + John Huston's Moby Dick (1956) 10/11/24 S6E80 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Rob Johnson and Steven Herrmann, an author and Jungian analyst, discuss the concept of "spiritual democracy" as explored in Herrmann's work and the writings of American poets like Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and Emily Dickinson and how their vision might inform a renewal of American democracy.

The early British settlers in North American took their Bible seriously—including the verses in Genesis (12: 1-3) that promised a special blessing to those who blessed the children of Abraham. Amazingly, leading scholars and preachers emphasized this promise even before a significant number of Jews had found their way to the New World. Ironically, the original center of antisemitic sentiment was in New York (then New Amsterdam), which later developed the largest, most productive Jewish community on earth. John Adams and George Washington praised and welcomed Jewish settlers, and even befriended Mordecai Manuel Noah who developed a plan to build a “New Israel” on an island in the Niagara River in upstate New York. Later, Warder Cresson, a prominent Quaker (and briefly a convert to Mormonism), became America's first consul to Jerusalem, where he debated Herman Melville on the Holy Land's future and tried to deploy American aid in rebuilding a new Jewish commonwealth, based on scientific agriculture, in the then desolate site of ancient Judea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 214! This episode contains a lot of biblio adventuring. Emily is in Traverse City, Michigan, helping her daughter, getting to know her new granddaughter, and discovering the many excellent Little Free Libraries in the area. She also shopped at Horizon Books and has been spending time at the Traverse City Library. Meanwhile, back in New England, Chris and “Colleen from Chicago” hit the road for a four-day Biblio Adventure Extravaganza that included Melville's Arrowhead, Wharton's The Mount, Emily Dickinson's family homes, The Homestead and The Evergreens, Amherst Books, and The Yiddish Book Center. The former bookstore coworkers capped it off with the annual Moby Dick marathon aboard the Charles W. Morgan at Mystic Seaport Museum. Oh, and she forgot to mention that they also went to the Odyssey Bookstore at Mount Holyoke. Phew, what a blast! We managed to finish a few books, too: Emily loved THE SNOW CHILD by Eowyn Ivey and appreciated its cold Alaska setting while reading in the heat of Michigan's summer. She listened to the audiobook version of Ann Napolitano's first novel, WITHIN ARM'S REACH, which features six narrators, and then two Audible Original short stories by Alice Hoffman, "The Bookstore Sisters" and "The Bookstore Wedding.” Chris read MOBY DICK by Herman Melville (that's twice this year) and a novelization about his relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne, THE WHALE: A Love Story by Mark Beauregard. She also read her first book club selection from Book Browse, THE ROSE ARBOR, by Rhys Bowen. Happy Listening!

On the weekend podcast, a doctor who raps is the face of Puerto Rico's health crisis; words for spoiled food on Ask a Teacher; find out what a ‘whammy' is on Words and Their Stories; then, part two of 'Benito Cereno,' by Herman Melville on American Stories.

On the weekend podcast, a doctor who raps is the face of Puerto Rico's health crisis; words for spoiled food on Ask a Teacher; find out what a ‘whammy' is on Words and Their Stories; then, part two of 'Benito Cereno,' by Herman Melville on American Stories.

On the weekend podcast, France issues stamps that smell like bread; what does it mean to ‘go south?' followed by a discussion about what to say when things go wrong; the difference between methodology, strategy and plan; Then, part one of 'Benito Cereno,' by Herman Melville on American Stories.

On the weekend podcast, France issues stamps that smell like bread; what does it mean to ‘go south?' followed by a discussion about what to say when things go wrong; the difference between methodology, strategy and plan; Then, part one of 'Benito Cereno,' by Herman Melville on American Stories.

The life of a scrivener is an existence resigned to the handwritten copying of law documents. One day something clicks in Bartleby, and his simple reply to everything is: “I prefer not to.” Herman Melville, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.  Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.  A Vintage Episode is released every Tuesday. If the show has helped you find comfort, peace, or a quiet place to mentally rest, please help us to help more people like you by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com, and becoming a supporter. New stories are coming your way on Friday.  Keep an ear open for our Kickstarter for The Golden Triangle – the seventh novel in the Arsène Lupin series. We'll let you know when we're ready to kick off.  Today's story was published anonymously in 1853. Melville was in a bit of financial straits at the time, since his last two novels, Moby Dick and Pierre, didn't sell well at all.  Melville's major source of inspiration for the story was an advertisement for a new book, The Lawyer's Story, by James A. Maitland. This advertisement included the complete first chapter, which started: "In the summer of 1843, having an extraordinary quantity of deeds to copy, I engaged, temporarily, an extra copying clerk, who interested me considerably, in consequence of his modest, quiet, gentlemanly demeanor, and his intense application to his duties." Melville biographer Hershel Parker said nothing else in the chapter besides this "remarkably evocative sentence" was notable. It's never directly addressed why Bartleby acts the way he does, and the author has left it open to interpretation. Many critics posit that his behavior is due to depression.  And now, Bartleby, the Scrivener, by Herman Melville Follow this link to become a monthly supporter:   Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:   Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:   Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:   Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:    

Rocky's formidable aunt wants to experience New York through her nephew. But Rocky hates New York. Maybe Jeeves can help. P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.  Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.  The Vintage Episode for the week is “Bartleby, the Scrivener”, by Herman Melville. Be sure to check it out on Tuesday.  If the show has helped alleviate your stress, if it's given your comfort, or if you've be able to discover beloved authors and stories you might have missed on your own, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. Help us to help other folks like you. Please go to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a monthly supporter for as little as $5 a month. As a thank you gesture, we'll send you a coupon code every month for $8 off any audiobook order. Give more, and you get more! Thanks for helping us out.   Go to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a supporter today.  And now, The Aunt and the Sluggard, by P.G. Wodehouse. Follow this link to become a monthly supporter:   Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:   Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:   Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:   Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:   Follow this link to follow us on TikTok: