If you read this blog regularly, you might remember the title of this entry. Last year, in January 2022, I spoke for the first time about the Moby Dick Marathon, which takes place every year in New Bedford.1
The annual “Moby Dick Marathon” is a reading of Herman Melville’s novel “Moby-Dick” that takes place at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The event typically lasts for about 26 hours, with members of the community taking turns reading aloud from the novel. The marathon is a way of celebrating the city’s rich literary and maritime heritage.
Participants in the marathon can sign up to read for a specific time slot, and the event is open to the public, so anyone can come and listen to the reading. The marathon has become a popular event in the New Bedford community, attracting a diverse group of participants and listeners. This year, the New Bedford Whaling Museum was able to invite Taylor Schilling to inaugurate the Reading Marathon of 2023. She is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actress. You can find more information on the Museum’s website and the full Reading Marathon of 2023 YouTube clip here, at least a part of it.
- Hussein, Haureh (2022): January Month is Moby Dick Marathon Month, in: Transoceanic Voyages, https://transoceanic.hypotheses.org/242, [Last Access: 17.1.2023]. [↩]
OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
Haureh Hussein (January 19, 2023). January month is Moby-Dick Marathon month – This year with Taylor Schilling! Transoceanic Voyages. Retrieved December 14, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/uu4q
