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James Joyce

This Play Finds the Fun in James Joyce’s Daunting ‘Ulysses’

CHAOS AGENTS

Joyce’s mammoth masterpiece has been scaring off readers for more than a century. Elevator Repair Service’s production puts the story’s humor and humanity front and center.

Malcolm Jones | Published Jun 30, 2024

Is Dublin the World’s Most Walkable City?

POETIC PEREGRINATIONS

It’s certainly the most famously walkable, thanks to James Joyce, and among the most hospitable.

Happy Birthday to the Dirtiest Book of All

STATELY, PLUMP

The granddaddy of “dirty” books turns 100 today.

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When James Joyce Wrote the Best Christmas Story Ever

GHOSTS

Because nothing says holiday cheer like tuberculosis and an awareness of our own mortality.

Allen Barra | Published Dec 31, 2021

The Next Time You Admire a Picasso, Thank a Lesbian

HELPING HANDS

Diana Souhami’s new book, “No Modernism Without Lesbians,” spotlights the women who ensured history would remember artists like Picasso, Joyce, and Eliot.

Arvind Dilawar | Published Mar 26, 2021

Big Questions, Big Fun: ‘Travesties’ Returns to Broadway

Mind Games

In ‘Travesties,’ the question of what art is becomes a bracing comedic rollercoaster involving Lenin and James Joyce, while a fight for college places unfolds in ‘Transfers.’

Tim Teeman | Published Apr 24, 2018

How To Have Dinner With James Joyce

Flavor

At an elegant NYC mansion, the latest addition to the world of immersive theater unfolds: brilliantly poetic, gorgeously acted—and it includes dinner.

Janice Kaplan | Published Nov 19, 2016

The Lost Generation’s Lost Bookstore

Immoveable Feast

Don’t go searching for Hemingway’s Paris, it’s long gone, but the echoes of those old days still contribute to the modern symphony of life.

Erin Zaleski | Published Jul 04, 2016

How Judge Woolsey Set ‘Ulysses’ Free

Bloomsday

James Joyce’s novel is arguably the most influential of the last century, but it might never be read, in the U.S. at least, but for the wisdom of the judge who forbade its censorship.

Benedict Cosgrove | Published Jun 16, 2016

Viral Vid: A 'Bloomsday' Primer

Why James Joyce's 'Ulysses' is celebrated today

Alex Chancey | Published Jun 16, 2014

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