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Profile of Hester Blum, a WashU professor whose work centers on Moby‑Dick and maritime literature. Her research links 19th‑century texts to urgent issues—climat
By Jenny Bird · 2026-09-03T02:18:01.038Z
Profile of Hester Blum, a WashU professor whose work centers on Moby‑Dick and maritime literature. Her research links 19th‑century texts to urgent issues—climate, race, labor, disability—and includes two award‑winning books, a 2022 Moby‑Dick edition, public facing projects and a podcast. Readers get a view of scholarship shaping contemporary debates.
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