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This is the first installment of a series of letters between Hazlitt’s Scaachi Koul and Melville House’s Alex Shephard about classic novels they may or may not have read growing up.… Read more »

Topics discussed: Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman, Barnes & Noble, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate, RJR Nabisco, Powerhouse Arena, Choire Sicha, William Giraldi, Neely Tucker, Alice… Read more »

In April, Threadbare Theatre Workshop staged a reading of “or, The Whale” at WORD Bookstore. The Greenpoint-based theater group is now planning a fully staged version of Herman Melville’s classic… Read more »

We here at Melville House love a good literary treasure hunt, like the #FreeBookFriday we launched to celebrate The Ghost Network by Catie Disabato. While there isn’t concrete evidence that… Read more »