Mark Beauregard

Novelist Mark Beauregard is the author of THE WHALE: A Love Story (Viking), a novel about Herman Melville’s relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne and its pivotal role in the writing of Moby-Dick. Formerly a journalist, magazine editor, and, most recently, manager of nonprofit arts and community organizations, he has lived in many places throughout the United States and in Europe and currently resides in Tucson, Arizona.

Herman Melville Was Also a Failed Poet

On the Final Years of an American Legend-to-Be

September 28, 2016 By Mark Beauregard

5 Reasons Why Moby-Dick Just Won’t Die

From Memes to Trump, the Great White Whale is Having a Moment

June 23, 2016 By Mark Beauregard

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