I Wondered if I’d Been Misjudging Moby-Dick: A Guest Post from Tara Karr Roberts
Before I wrote a novel inspired by Moby-Dick, I spent almost 20 years avoiding Herman Melville’s hulking classic. I first…
Before I wrote a novel inspired by Moby-Dick, I spent almost 20 years avoiding Herman Melville’s hulking classic. I first…
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Most great works of fiction, however different they may be, have one thing in common: they’re told from the perspective…