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On This Day: August 7, 1934
The US Court of Appeals judged Ulysses (The Gabler Edition) by James Joyce to be NOT obscene and declared that the book could be admitted into the United States. Here’s what the first American edition of that book looked like: … 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 Letters of Sylvia Beach
Daily Book Excerpt: Memoirs: Before I get started on the book, my OCD-nature requires of me that I explain this Book Excerpt thing for those of you who may be new to me. I don’t know how many books I … 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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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
“Ulysses is going to make my place famous.” – Sylvia Beach, 1921
And indeed it did. I’m in heaven these days due to the recent publication of The Letters of Sylvia Beach, which I have not read yet, but it means that Sylvia Beach is all over the place right now. It’s … Continue reading
“because no voice can hold out over the brutalities of life without breaking”
Awesome: Djuna Barnes’s profile of James Joyce for Vanity Fair in 1922. It’s a PDF file. Ulysses was published in February, 1922, and was already running into trouble with censorship. It would be over 10 years before the United States … Continue reading
“Already the publicity is beginning, and swarms of people visit the shop on hearing the news.” – Letter from Sylvia Beach to her sister
(“the news” being the publication of Ulysses.) Recently it was Sylvia Beach’s birthday, and this coming month will see the publication of The Letters of Sylvia Beach, which should be a bit of a treasure-trove, considering the people she interacted … 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
