The Whale: A Love Story, a rich and captivating novel set amid the witty, high-spirited literary society of 1850s New England, offers a new window on Herman Melville’s emotionally charged relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne and how it transformed his masterpiece, Moby-Dick. Author Mark Beauregard joins us to discuss his new work.
Part of the Arden Theatre Company’s New Works Salon series. Join us for a curated conversation between Lorene Cary and Arden Artistic Director Terry Nolan about Cary’s new play My General Tubman.
How do political institutions stay relevant and aware? This panel will address tensions between tradition and innovation, whether it is possible to merge approaches, or if drastic shifts are the wave of the future. A collaboration with Drexel University’s Pennoni Honors College.
Author of Captain Ahab Had a Wife: New England Women and the Whalefishery, a look at the critical role of women in shaping the American whaling industry and maritime culture.
Conservation biologist Roman will discuss our new understanding of whales, including their roles in distributing nutrients to other species and stabilizing marine systems under stress.
Author Delbanco will talk about how Herman Melville engaged with the slavery question in his literary works, and will sign copies of his new book, The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War.