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Curator Reviews

Maria Cornejo

It’s a classic. I used to read a lot of books when I was a kid and there are very few that you remember the way I remember this book.

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John Irving

Melville's Moby-Dick - particularly, Queequeg and his coffin/life buoy - taught me that foreshadow is the storytelling companion to fate.

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Laurie Anderson

Melville is master of the jump cut. I fell in love with this book. The words were songs, the flow embraced the way we actually think. Backtracking, looping, jumping. But here’s a tip: if you’re thinking of making a multimedia opera from your favorite book, don’t do it! I tried it and didn’t have the nerve to rough it up. I never took off the white gloves. So obviously it didn’t work out.

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Robert Longo

The great American epic. America’s genetic code. I found great inspiration in this book for my work. Melville is our foremost oracle.

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Maria Cornejo

It’s a classic. I used to read a lot of books when I was a kid and there are very few that you remember the way I remember this book.

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