Bartleby, the Sportscaster
A novella
Herman Melville's classic, reimagined by Ted Pelton.
"Ted Pelton has written an allegory about an allegory about real life. The memoir of the end of his first marriage, sandwiched between chapters about a fictional sportscaster and his silent colleague, Bartleby, offers us a sober frame for interpreting the fiction (his and Melville's). Neither life nor art can be imitated in Pelton's novel, for they are one and the same."
- Susan M. Schultz, author of Dementia Blog
"Pelton is unpacking Melville’s Bartleby in search for answers to a deeply emotional and challenging time in his own life, when even an imagined character like Bartleby can be a lifeboat of understanding as well as a beacon towards or away from what we ourselves might become."
- J. A. Tyler, Pank Magazine
Bartleby, The Sportscaster is animated by an uncanny spirit, a profoundly original tenderness. Ted Pelton is a master poet.
- Joseph Lease, author of The Body Ghost
72 pages. Subito Press.
