Friday was Moby-Dick’s 164th birthday, and much celebration was to be had. Lit Hub went particularly hard, sharing all manner of whale-related materials:
- A history of whales in literature from Jonah to Melville to Nathaniel Philbrick;
- 120-year-old plaster dildos in Nantucket and the history and loneliness held within;
- An excerpt from War of the Whales, about the devastation of whale populations due to sonar equipment;
- A listicle of whale pictures to describe the writer’s moods (surprisingly accurate);
- A brilliant whale you can print out and color if the mood strikes (and it will); and
- Praise for Moby-Dick, cetology ramblings and all.
