Status Updates From Dayswork: A Novel

The mental image of Herman Melville's mom having her eight children sit on stools around her bed every time she takes her daily nap is sendingggg meeeeee

I love it when people make fun of The World According to Garp

Ngl I think this is mad hot

have now realized that i instantly recognized The Biographer to be hershel parker, which means that i am far too deep in the moby dick and melville sauce…

I'm not married to the guy but good God, I would like a divorce from Herman Melville

At this point it reminds me a lot of Weather by Jenny Offill, which isn't necessarily a compliment, though the structure works better here than in Weather. I'm interested in learning where the authors split the work in this book, though. Did one just research and chronicle the fun facts while one did their best to wrap a marital drama around it?

it's slow to get through and feels a bit overwritten at times, but i am enjoying all those little snippets on the legend surrounding melville and those who adore him.

Hockey mention ‼️

Death comes for the Archbishop mention ‼️

Not sure what I'm reading.