The BBC is making a documentary about the historic sinking of the Whaleship Essex — a sinking that inspired Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick
John Steinbeck’s son criticizes the state of Texas for invoking Of Mice and Men’s Lennie Small, in ruling that certain mentally retarded individuals can be sentenced to the death penalty.
Though a fan of the book, the great-great-great granddaughter of Herman Melville wonders where her great-great-great-grandfather’s editor was when he wrote Moby Dick.
Top: Catcher in the Rye
Bottom: Moby Dick
Taken from Fictitious Dishes a series of meals from novels cooked and photographed by graphic artist Dinah Fried.
