One hundred years ago this week, Sylvia Beach, who ran the bookstore Shakespeare and Company on 12 rue de l’Odéon in Paris and nurtured a community of expatriate writers that included Richard Wright, ...

One hundred years ago this week, Sylvia Beach, who ran the bookstore Shakespeare and Company at 12 rue de l’Odéon in Paris and nurtured a community of expatriate writers that included Richard Wright, ...

When the acclaimed theater ensemble Elevator Repair Service first considered adapting “Ulysses” for the stage, company founder and director John Collins didn’t know much about the book — only that “it ...

James Joyce and Sylvia Beach at Shakespeare and Company circa 1926 Courtesy of the Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York When James ...

Three scholars, three memorable experiences, three nearly lifelong passions. For most of us, though, the book that unites them, James Joyce's Ulysses, evokes dread, not devotion. Its 700 ...

James Joyce in Zurich, 1915 (image courtesy the UB James Joyce Collection of the Poetry Collection, University Libraries, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York) In 1919, an excerpt ...

ANALYSIS: For many, 1922 marked a conscious break with of the old literary order and the beginning of a new literary future. However, not everyone agreed. L to R: James Joyce poses for a portrait by ...

‘Ulysses,” published a century ago, has two, coexisting reputations: one for being difficult to read, on account of its modernist techniques; another, at first glance contradictory, for its exposure ...

Every year on June 16, I wish family and friends a Happy Bloomsday. Often, I am met with bemusement and looks of bewilderment. So, I think I should explain what exactly Bloomsday is and why it matters ...

Eduardo Arroyo, a Spanish artist who died in 2018, provided drawings, watercolors and collages for an illustrated edition of the James Joyce novel. By Raphael Minder MADRID — James Joyce once said ...

"Ulysses" in 80 Days is a book club launched by a group of determined readers who plan to read "Ulysses" in 80 days in summer 2022. They're inviting you to join them. Ever felt James Joyce’s ...