James Joyce

Telling Stories: The Craft of Narrative and the Writing Life
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Telling Stories: The Craft of Narrative and the Writing Life

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 / 11 October 2017
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
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‘Solar Bones’ Rewards Immersion

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 / 4 October 2017
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
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Alinea Emphasizes Ideology: You Have No Choice But to Think While You Eat

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 / 15 February 2016
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
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A Filmmaker Wants to Turn the 20th Century’s Greatest Novel Into a Virtual Reality Game

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 / 18 August 2014
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
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‘Beheading the Virgin Mary’ Ambles Through Irish-to-Scot Emigration

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 / 12 June 2014
From the legacy of The Troubles and Irish-Catholic assimilation, McLaughlin follows the way his early life has transpired, and plots his own direction.
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On Listening to His Hair Growing White: ‘James Joyce: A New Biography’

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 / 14 June 2012
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‘A Moveable Feast’ in ‘Midnight in Paris’

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 / 27 February 2012
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Why Does the Mix CD Still Exist?

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 / 22 September 2008