Herman Melville’s American classic was given new life by Kent’s dramatic engravings.

Call me Ishmael” — one of the most famous first lines in literary history — has been enthralling Herman Melville fans at the ...

PITTSFIELD — Where does the line that separates utter genius and epic failure lie? Herman Melville spent most of his life straddling that line, existing in the liminal space between genius and failure ...

Writing in The Atlantic last year, presumably while finishing work on “The Passages of H. M.,” a novel based on the life of Herman Melville, Jay Parini declared that the historical novel “has become ...

In his novel “The Last Station,” Jay Parini adroitly shifted perspectives to tell the story of Leo Tolstoy’s late years. Tolstoy was a celebrity, almost a saint, and so multifaceted that no one point ...

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.

New Bedford is moving forward with initial plans to memorialize one of the Bay State's most famed authors in its downtown historic district. Last week marked 183 years since a young Herman Melville ...

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” Pithy sayings like this one from Robert F. Kennedy celebrate the idea of failure. But Austin playwright Elizabeth Doss believes some of ...

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

Why does Herman Melville mean so much more to us than he did to his own contemporaries? What has his thought done for us, and what has his vision given? The change that has come about is not merely a ...

A new history by Roland Allen uncovers the wealth of ideas and invention hidden in the notebooks of literary luminaries. By Wilson Wong Lima is a city of contrasts and contradictions — gray and ...