I have finally decided to read Moby-Dick, that masterpiece of American literature, but my attempts to find my Modern Library copy of the novel have resulted in me living the plot, only my copy of Moby-Dick is my Moby-Dick, as it were.
Thanks to NPR’s pop culture blog Monkey See, however, I’m able to read the whole thing online, meaning that I can read it wherever I am and have my phone or computer with me and don’t have to buy another copy, either physical or electronic, with annotations and all. That’s because Monkey See (and its wonderful, wonderful primary author, Linda Holmes) pointed Power Moby-Dick out when they first made the novel a selection of their “I Will If You Will” book club about a year ago, and theirs, as a matter of fact, is the schedule I’m attempting to follow.
So in case I need Moby-Dick at a moment’s notice, I have a wonderful annotated version on hand whenever I need it. Oh, NPR and American literature, I love you so, but now a-whaling I must go.
(That rhyme was an accident. I’m so, so sorry.)
