Category Archives: Michele
Marathon reading of “Bartleby, the Scrivener” @ 60 Wall St, 11/10
Bartleby’s positive refusal continues to resonate with the OWS movement (see my previous post here). Housing Works bookstore is organizing a reading of Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener: a Story of Wall Street” for next Thursday, Nov. 10 at 3pm … Continue reading
Filed under Announcements, Literature, Michele
I would prefer not to.
Last weekend I scored a tote bag from Melville House Books emblazoned with the words, “I would prefer not to,” the famous refrain from Melville’s 1853 story, “Bartleby, the Scrivener: a Story of Wall-Street.” I am loath to festoon myself … Continue reading
Filed under Catalog, Literature, Michele, OccupyLibraries, Scholarship
