EPISODE · Oct 15, 2025 · 46 MIN
4.8 Leviathan Special Issue On Melville's Queer Afterlives
from Hopkins Press Podcasts · host Johns Hopkins University Press
On today’s episode we’re talking with the guest editors of a forthcoming issue of Leviathan, a journal of Melville Studies. These three editors, Jordan Alexander Stein, Dana Seitler, and Adam Fales have put together a riveting collection of essays exploring what they call Melville's Queer Afterlives — scholarship on the ways Herman Melville’s work has influenced queer studies today. This is an epic conversation that includes mentions of Maurice Sendak and John Ashbery and, believe it or not, Gilbert Gottfried. A content warning: this episode contains some senstive content and may not be suitable for all listeners. Listener discretion is advised.
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On today’s episode we’re talking with the guest editors of a forthcoming issue of Leviathan, a journal of Melville Studies. These three editors, Jordan Alexander Stein, Dana Seitler, and Adam Fales have put together a riveting collection of essays exploring what they call Melville's Queer Afterlives — scholarship on the ways Herman Melville’s work has influenced queer studies today. This is an epic conversation that includes mentions of Maurice Sendak and John Ashbery and, believe it or not, Gilbert Gottfried. A content warning: this episode contains some senstive content and may not be suitable for all listeners. Listener discretion is advised.
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