Teaser: Melville, Wharton, and the Perils of Pilgrimage

Episode 12 August 30, 2024 00:04:12
Teaser: Melville, Wharton, and the Perils of Pilgrimage
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Teaser: Melville, Wharton, and the Perils of Pilgrimage

Aug 30 2024 | 00:04:12

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Show Notes

In this episode, we break from our usual format and discuss a recent "literary" road trip through New England. We share our thoughts on the Moby-Dick-centrism of Herman Melville's Arrowhead and on Edith Wharton's humble writer's retreat The Mount, which could reasonably accomodate a pod of whales, not to mention Henry James, Howard Sturgis, and friends. In Lennox, we run into the owner of The Bookstore, who was recently the subject of a bittersweet documentary entitled Hello, Bookstore.

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