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Ahoy! 

We are excited to introduce you to “Moby Dick Club” a new book club at the James A. Cannavino Library in which we join together to read Moby Dick over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year.  

Moby Dick can be viewed through many different lenses, offering insights into various aspects of human experience and societal issues. We plan to use six meeting times as an opportunity to explore the varied interpretations as well as related topics ranging from Hudson Valley history to mental health, philosophy, and biodiversity.  

Our goals with Moby Dick Club are varied. We hope to foster a culture of reading and exploration. We also hope that members from all corners of the Marist community will join us on this adventure, creating an opportunity to create connections across disciplines and between students, faculty and staff outside of their normal dynamics. We hope to tap into the varied expertise in our community to add to this multi-faceted discussion. By supporting each other through this more challenging read, we can prove to ourselves that we can do hard things! And when we work together, we can have fun doing them. 

We hope that you will join us, and that you encourage students to do so as well. More specific details will be available as the Fall 2025 semester approaches. More than that, if you have a specific interest in Moby Dick or feel that you could contribute either to planning or leading a discussion related to Moby Dick or a related topic (or if you just think this sounds like so much fun!), please get in touch. 

Contact

James A. Cannavino Library

3399 North Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 575-3106

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