After last week’s slow single chapter send of Chapter 54 “The Town-Ho’s Story,” we were off to the races this week, galloping through a total of eleven chapters with titles like “Stubb Kills A Whale” or “The Crotch” or uh “Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars,” but before we start recapping, I must note that this week also saw the birthday of Herman Melville. This Leo was born August 1, 1819 and on his birthday, McSweeney’s published “If Starbucks had been named after other characters from Moby-Dick” by Amanda Lehr (thanks to my friend Ben for finding this). It’s very clever, especially the Ishmaels entry.
During the art critique chapters, all I could think about was how an ocean documentary would blow Ishmael's (/Herman Melville's) mind. "Oh no one can ever capture the likeness of a whale bc it looks different dead/on land/not in the wild!"
During the art critique chapters, all I could think about was how an ocean documentary would blow Ishmael's (/Herman Melville's) mind. "Oh no one can ever capture the likeness of a whale bc it looks different dead/on land/not in the wild!"