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Tag Archives: Bloomsday
The Books: Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays, ‘Joyce in Bloom’, by Christopher Hitchens
On the essays shelf: Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays Hitchens’ article, “Joyce in Bloom,” appeared in the June, 2004 issue of Vanity Fair. June, of course, is Bloomsday Month, an event I celebrate every year on my site … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomsday, Christopher Hitchens, essays, Love Poverty and War
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Cheating
If James Joyce had met Nora Barnacle on June 15, then Bloomsday would be on June 15. But, as it happens, James and Nora went out walking through Dublin on June 16. That is why Bloomsday is celebrated on the … Continue reading
Rejoyce, Rejoyce. It’s Bloomsday.
Notes in my copy of Ulysses (The Gabler Edition) On June 15, 1904, young James Joyce sent a note to Nora Barnacle, who was a waitress at Finn’s Hotel. Barnacle (what an apt name) was a girl from Galway who … Continue reading
Rejoyce, For It’s Bloomsday
Notes in my copy of “Ulysses“ On June 15, 1904, young James Joyce sent a note to Nora Barnacle, who was a waitress at Finn’s Hotel. Barnacle (what an apt name) was a girl from Galway who had moved to … Continue reading
The Books: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry: Harry Clifton
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry Next book on the shelf is The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry, edited by Peter Fallon & Derek Mahon. “His is a universe of aftermaths, hauntings and returns, in which even God . . . … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomsday, Ireland, Irish poetry, poetry, The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry, Ulysses
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Bloomsday 2010
Therese and I arrived, books in hand, at the pub where the Bloomsday celebration was being held. Colum McCann was the emcee, and we both were a bit starstruck, although both of us have met him before, on separate occasions. … Continue reading
Rejoyce. It’s Bloomsday.
Notes in my copy of Ulysses On June 15, 1904, young James Joyce sent a note to Nora Barnacle, on June 15, 1904. She was a waitress at Finn’s Hotel, a girl from Galway who had moved to Dublin. They … Continue reading
A guide through June 16, 1904
A companion piece, I suppose, to my recent post about my Ulysses playing cards: I find posts like this to be very gratifying. Blogger Deepan Joshi calls me his “guide” for Joyce’s Ulysses and writes, after reading all of my … Continue reading
Good Friends, Memory
For background, please read this. It’s short. My birthday was last week. As a matter of fact it was on Thanksgiving. Not a great birthday. Sad times. I came back from Rhode Island and opened my mailbox. There was a … Continue reading
Ineluctable Modality Of the Visible
Notes in my copy of Ulysses On June 15, 1904, young James Joyce sent a note to Nora Barnacle, on June 15, 1904. She was a waitress at Finn’s Hotel, a girl from Galway who had moved to Dublin. They … Continue reading