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\nWell, this is a piece I was born to write. I can’t believe it came along. It was offered to me, too. That’s the weird thing. I got the assignment in January and immediately began a re-read of Finnegans Wake<\/i>. I finished it in April. Meanwhile, I was researching Mary Ellen Bute, one of the most gratifying aspects of this entire project. I knew nothing about her. It was so much fun getting to know her and seeing her films (the ones available to be seen, that is). I rarely write stuff where I wish my Dad could read it. But this is one of those essays. So Dad gets a shout-out, of course. <\/p>\n
You can pick it up at your local bookstore, but this one’s online too. <\/p>\n
The River\u2019s Roar: Mary Ellen Bute’s Passages from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake<\/i>.<\/a><\/p>\n You can check out the rest of the issue here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, this is a piece I was born to write. I can’t believe it came along. It was offered to me, too. That’s the weird thing. I got the assignment in January and immediately began a re-read of Finnegans Wake. … Continue reading