Moby in New Bedford

Last Wednesday night I had the pleasure of traveling to the New Bedford Whaling Museum to talk about my new book Why Read Moby-Dick?.  The museum has teamed up with another important New Bedford institution, the Zeiterion Theatre, to put together a series of Moby-related events that will climax in January  with the Moby-Dick Marathon—an annual non-stop reading of Melville's novel  that is now in its sixteenth year.

The cold rain was daunting for travel, but it set the perfect "damp, drizzly November in my soul" mood for talking about Melville's masterpiece.  The theatre at the museum was packed and the questions could have gone on all night as we talked about the book that has such a close connection to this wonderful city.  My thanks to museum president James Russell and director of education James Lopes and their staff for making the event such a great success.

Nat speaks to a packed house at the kick-off event for the New Bedofrd Whaling Museum's "MOBY!" series on Wednesday, October 19, 2011

A long line of Melville fans wait to have their copies of WHY READ MOBY-DICK? augotgraphed at the New Bedford Whaling Museum