Dick' marathon starts this weekend. Want to know what the fuss is all about? Here's everything you need to know.

NEW BEDFORD — The 27th Annual Moby-Dick Marathon is returning to the New Bedford Whaling Museum live for the first time since 2020, for a unique 25-hour read-a-thon of Herman Melville’s literary ...

Not until the early 20th century was Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick first recognized as a literary masterpiece and touted as a cornerstone of modern American literature. Etching of Joseph O.

Remembering Revolutionary War hero Peter Gansevoortg TROY — Historian Michael Barrett will speak about Gen. Peter Gansevoort, Revolutionary War hero and author Herman Melville’s maternal grandfather, ...

When you think of Herman Melville, you probably think of his Great American Novel, Moby Dick, being assigned reading in high school English class. But during his life, people mostly knew Melville as ...

Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) won the 1961 National Book Award for “The City in History,” the culmination of decades-long studies of urban civilization and technology. His 1929 biography of Herman ...

NEW BEDFORD — A local short film on the festival circuit reimagines how Herman Melville's epic "Moby-Dick" might've landed its title. At first Melville's book was titled "The Whale," then a month ...