Thursday, June 16, 2011

Deciphering James Joyce

Here's a special post for Bloomsday 2011.

Do you have a hard time navigating Joyce's Ulysses?  The writer and broadcaster Frank Delaney did, until he began reading it aloud.  This article from the Economist's More Intelligent Life tells about Delaney's connection to the work, and about his podcast where you can hear Delaney's spoken version of Ulysses, one bite at a time.  His soft Irish accent isn't a bad way to experience it!

And lastly, a photo that simply must be shared.  "I wrote Ulysses, what did you do?" Joyce's fictional words, via Tom Stoppard.

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