Blog Posts - James Joyce

STEPHEN FOSTER DIED 150 YEARS AGONew York City (JFK+50) Stephen Foster, "America's 1st professional songwriter", died at the age of 37 a century and a half ago today, January 13, 1864, here in New York City.Stephen Foster, 1860Library of Congres...

On November 17th, 1919, American expat Sylvia Beach opens in Paris the ultimate bookworm’s Paradise, the bookstore “Shakespeare and Company“.

Você nunca ficou intrigado quando ouviu falar da crença de uma tribo bem antiga que parece meio semelhante com alguma outra crença que você ouviu falar em algum outro lugar? Pois bem, Campbell estudou isso a fundo! Esse post vai ser rapidinho! Va...

Blonde is becoming more and more popular, especially since new products and techniques have made it easier for us to maintain our color. One of the toughest things about going blonde is picking out the best shade to suit your … Read more »...

So, you have to make a hard decision that may cause the course of your life to spin wildly towards new unforeseen heights and/or valleys. Neat! Now, the only thing to do is to step out and actually make that personal life decision... only problem is.

So, you have to make a hard decision that may cause the course of your life to spin wildly towards new unforeseen heights and/or valleys. Neat! Now, the only thing to do is to step out and actually make that personal life decision... only problem is.

Today, along the banks of the Seine, on a tiny street called Rue de la Bûcherie, sits a literary institution: Shakespeare and Company. In more historical times, the original bookstore by this name occupied a different spot from 1921 until … Co...

I always laugh at Will Smith’s delivery of this line in Men In Black, but of course to have the drive to be the best of the best is not something to laugh at but something to strive for, so just lately I've been searching for the books that are con...

Well with the lure of $5 car bombs all day everyday it is absolutely worth it to come by and check out the food too. Flavor was there, but piled high…not so much. Over all the sandwich, the fries, and the drinks all awesome. It is a tough race...

‘Seeking yourself’ – A progressive individual seen from an outside perspective. A memory of how to find yourself on multiple backgrounds. James Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential...

About: Dubliners by James Joyce is a collection of short stories published in 1914. The stories are loosely tied together and are considered a classic collection in world literature. 152 pages Publisher: Dover Publications Language: English ISBN-10:...

Through the magic of Instagram, the average person with a cellphone camera can take a normal picture and add depth, grit, and even a sense of made-to-order nostalgia. Now imagine an app that would let you apply this same capability to literature. Som...

Top 10 English Novels from 20th Century Best English Novels (Fiction) – Top Ten of Twentieth Century In English language, many novels are published daily. Some are average pieces of work and then there are those that are must-reads. Here is a l...

I’m a fan of C. J. Cherryh, when it comes to famous authors. When it comes to authors I know, it’s Jane Watson… I’ve learned how to write by reading other authors. In my previous post, The “Self”-Education of Writers . . ...

Toasting to being together in Paris.Reading in a cafe´near the SorbonneWe arrived in Paris Friday afternoon after a tiring trip from Barcelona. It isn't that far, but taking the discount airline, Ryanair, might have been a mistake. The plane landed...

Joyce no estaba prohibido, simplemente su ‘Ulises’ era inalcanzable. “No intentéis leerlo. No entenderéis nada”.  Es lo que nos decía Maxi, nuestro profe de literatura, que siempre estaba incitándonos a leer.  Y le hice caso, tanto que...

Well, as the saying goes good things come to those who wait. And if you’ve been waiting with bated breath for a literary bar to open in New Orleans then wait no longer. Local businessman Robert Watters has taken it upon himself to go whole hog...

I am but an innocent man, devoid of all pun gills. Here’s why. When I saw the #literarybars hashtag on Twitter last week, I believed the good people of the internet were sharing the best places where their writing idols got drunk. But as Amanda Nel...

“Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.”  ― James Joyce, Ulysses Click to enlarge, please! Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland September, 2012 I tear up a bit whenever I look at the pho...

So it's that time of year again where a new school year is beginning, and I'm looking forward to my classes, and then the first day goes by and the second day and I'm looking forward to the weekend, and then I realize I need to take another class thi...

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