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“If you had to be raised by a book, I think that ‘Moby-Dick’ could do it.” 🐋

Thank you @bostonglobe and Kate Tuttle for this lovely write-up on our Moby-Dick book. Swipe to read the full piece.

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No room at the inn, unless you don’t mind sharing a bed with a harpooneer.

That’s how Ishmael meets Queequeg in Moby-Dick. @robdelaney and @hesterblum on the most awkward sleeping arrangement in literature.

Join a book club: link in bio.
#MobyDick #HermanMelville #BookClub #ClassicLiterature #ExploringTheGreats

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Ep. 1 of Exploring Moby-Dick was filmed at 25 Craven Street, London. Melville lived in this house for a few weeks in the late fall and early winter of 1849.

@robdelaney & @hesterblum are “two nerds in hog heaven” soaking up his aura (and his plumbing).

Read & explore it with us.
Join the Moby-Dick book club: link in bio.

#mobydick #hermanmelville #bookclub #classicliterature #exploringthegreats

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In Episode 1, Setting Sail, @robdelaney and @hesterblum set off on the voyage, filming in the London house where Melville once lived.

Read & explore it with us.
Join the Moby-Dick book club: link in bio.

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#MobyDick #HermanMelville #BookClub #ClassicLiterature #ExploringTheGreats

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Setting the mood for a research day with a re-listen to @pequodpod and @hesterblum and thinking about boys sharing beds and queer eschatologies and suburbs of the face

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⛵️Sailors and🐋Whalers, mark your calendar! Join The Melville Society and Tin House on October 21st at 6pm EST to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Moby-Dick with Hester Blum and Matt Kish! The event is free and open to the public.

Register at the link below!

Four attendees will be randomly selected for our giveaway. One winner will receive a copy of Moby-Dick in Pictures (courtesy of Tin House) and three will receive annual memberships to the Melville Society (with special thanks to Johns Hopkins University Press). You must be in the zoom to win.

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Ishmael's Tattoos? Learn more on our latest episode of PequodPod with special guest Dr. Hester Blum! Out now wherever you enjoy podcasts and on YouTube with beautiful accompanying Lo-Fi pixel art animations.

#tattoos #melville #mobydick #heatedrivalry #bookstagram

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Great new episode out now on PequodPod! We interview Dr. Hester Blum about Heated Rivalry, Moby-Dick, and her new show with Rob Delaney "Exploring Moby-Dick." Find our episode wherever you enjoy podcasts and on YouTube with beautiful Lo-fi pixel animations! #mobydick #bookstagram #heatedrivalry #melville #mmromance

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Heated Rivalry: Moby-Dick, but make it hockey, with Dr. Hester Blum comes out tomorrow wherever you enjoy podcasts and on YouTube with Lo-fi pixel art animations!

#mobydick #heatedrivalry #mmromance #gamechangers #melville

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We've got an excellent new interview coming out this Tuesday with none other than Dr. @hesterblum to discuss her article "'Heated Rivalry' is the 'Moby-Dick' of Canadian Gay Hockey Shows."

We had a fascinating discussion on what is gleaned by analyzing Moby-Dick through the genre lens of MM romance.

Look for it wherever you enjoy podcasts and with lo-fi pixel animations on YouTube!

#mobydick #melville #heatedrivalry #mmromance #bookstagram We've got an excellent new interview coming out this Tuesday with none other than Dr. @hesterblum to discuss her article "'Heated Rivalry' is the 'Moby-Dick' of Canadian Gay Hockey Shows." We had a fascinating discussion on what is gleaned by analyzing Moby-Dick through the genre lens of MM romance. Look for it!

#mobydick #melville #heatedrivalry #mmromance #bookstagram

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@hesterblum came on PequodPod yesterday and told us about her thrilling plans for Herman's birthday today! She's getting a tattoo of the Round Robin from Omoo and is going to a celebration at @leviathanbookstore ! What are you doing to celebrate today? #melville #omoo #birthdayboy

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"Meet your hosts for Exploring Moby-Dick: @hesterblum and @robdelaney Together, they take on one of literature’s most famous and known difficult novels, unpacking its obsession, humour, and adventure nearly 175 years later."

Head to ExploringTheGreats.com (link in bio) for more.

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