How to Read James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ Without Fears or Tears
To appreciate James Joyce’s Ulysses in our times, it’s essential to understand the author’s playfulness even when it’s annoying.
James Joyce
Telling Stories: The Craft of Narrative and the Writing Life
Equal parts textbook, memoir, and reflection on the writing process, this is a cogent, realistic, and inspirational advice for professional and novice writers of all sorts.
‘Solar Bones’ Rewards Immersion
The narrator's headlong rush and gasp recalls Samuel Beckett's put-upon protagonists.
Alinea Emphasizes Ideology: You Have No Choice But to Think While You Eat
Alinea is my kind of noun, shot through with an intentionality so thorough in its precision and detail that it teeters wonderfully on the edge between magic and psychosis.
A Filmmaker Wants to Turn the 20th Century’s Greatest Novel Into a Virtual Reality Game
That technology is being used to examine and perhaps shape Ulysses’ understanding, isn’t that surprising. After all, there was a time when books were considered technology.
‘Beheading the Virgin Mary’ Ambles Through Irish-to-Scot Emigration
From the legacy of The Troubles and Irish-Catholic assimilation, McLaughlin follows the way his early life has transpired, and plots his own direction.