Category Archives: James Joyce

Happy Birthday, Henrik Ibsen

Posted on March 20, 2018 by sheila

Famous acting teacher Stella Adler in a transcribed lecture to her acting class on playing Ibsen. Adler BEGGED her students to stop thinking about themselves and about their emotions. She wanted them to be curious about the world, about context, … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve been reading

Posted on March 10, 2018 by sheila

Books Doing a deep dive into the work of Ellen Willis. She was the first “rock critic” hired by The New Yorker, and one of the only women writing seriously about rock music at that time. At least in a … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on February 1, 2018 by sheila

— Finnegans Wake, by James Joyce Lordy be, batten down the hatches. I struggled through it years ago and am now reading it again. It’s going quite well. I read it out loud because so many of the jokes are … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Tour #7

Posted on November 17, 2017 by sheila

Moving on to biographies. Please ignore my wretched ceiling. I had nothing to do with it. I also lost the top shelf of my bookshelves when I moved here in February. Still room for a row of books though. I … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Peter Lorre

Posted on June 26, 2016 by sheila

A letter from Groucho Marx to Peter Lorre (included in the wonderful The Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marx), that pleases me no end. October 5, 1961 Dear Peter: It was very thoughtful of you to send me … Continue reading →

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A Convergence of Irish Awesome down on Wall Street

Posted on June 17, 2016 by sheila

Yesterday, at the rowdy Bloomsday celebration that I have attended since its inception, some dude walked by me wearing this Tshirt, and I saw him coming at me and snapped my phone – at the very same moment that 5 … Continue reading →

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Playing With a Full Deck

Posted on June 17, 2016 by sheila

Headed off to the Bloomsday celebration yesterday – the one I go to every year – with my collectors-item James-Joyce-Ulysses-themed deck of cards. Because it’s important to be prepared.

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“The Catechism of the Ithaca episode really helped me over there in Iraq.”

Posted on June 16, 2016 by sheila

Phil Klay, Marine and veteran of the war in Iraq reading from ULYSSES at Bloomsday celebration in downtown Manhattan, 2012. He said that while in Iraq he would read the Proteus episode over and over again. He said it helped … Continue reading →

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Recommended Books: Fiction

Posted on July 26, 2015 by sheila

I’ve added to this list. I still want to do a Non-Fiction one, eventually, but … you know … time permitting. Some authors are represented multiple times here. Other authors aren’t represented at all. For no real reason. Don’t read … Continue reading →

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Bloomsday 2014

Posted on June 17, 2014 by sheila

Emcee Colum McCann kept things running smoothly, no small feat with the amount of readers participating, Guinness in hand. Larry Kirwan, of Black 47, who’s been to every Bloomsday celebration at this venue since its inception (and I was at … Continue reading →

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