Friday, March 9th - Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville - The perennial question remains: was Bartleby, the great American "I would prefer not to" refuse-nik, in actuality the uncompromising artist on a personal quest that no one else could understand/appreciate or the pathetic slacker who never fulfilled his expected duties at work or his civic responsibilities in the world outside... His spirit lives on in today's America...eh?