Proof:
1. Matt Kish and his Zak Smithesque project to draw a picture for every page of Moby-Dick.
2. The Whale by Philip Hoare
3. The poem in this weeks New Yorker by Robert Pinsky: “Whale”
4. Bands naming themselves after Melville’s masterpiece.
Will Tilikum going on a murder spree have any effect on this trend? I’m not sure.
3 Comments
March 16, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Don’t forget Freelance Whales…
somewhat literary?
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