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Moby Dick
April 3, 2019
Matt Ford
The Border Wall Is Trump’s White Whale
He's willing to die for it—politically speaking, that is.
June 24, 2016
MagazineWilliam Giraldi
Fifty Shades of Moby-Dick
Did an illicit love affair give birth to the Great American Novel?
December 14, 2015
Michelle Legro
From Hell’s heart I separate thee! Hunting the hyphen in Moby-Dick.
December 11, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Hollywood Chases the White Whale
‘In the Heart of the Sea’ may be based on a true story, but it remains obsessed with ‘Moby-Dick.’
November 13, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Moby-Dick in the Clickhole
Does Herman Melville’s classic make sense in the internet age?
April 29, 2014
Chloe Schama
'Atlas Shrugged' No Longer Ranks Among Americans' Top Ten Favorite Books
November 14, 2013
Lewis Mumford
Herman Melville Got No Respect
October 10, 1928: Lewis Mumford on Herman Melville's legacy
August 1, 2013
Lewis Mumford
From the Stacks: “The Significance of Herman Melville”
October 10, 1928

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