THE BLOOMSDAY JOURNAL Poems and essays inspired by James Joyce's Ulysses. Stories from the Red Brick Alley.
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You can’t win them all. Sad!
Virginia Woolf’s diary entries on James Joyce’s Ulysses:
“An illiterate, underbred book it seems to me; the book of a self taught working man, and we all know how distressing they are, how egotistic, insistent, raw, striking, and ultimately nauseating. …
I finished ‘Ulysses’ and think it is a misfire. Genius it has, I think; but of the inferior water. The book is diffuse. It is brackish. It is pretentious. It is underbred, not only in the obvious sense, but in the literary sense. A first-rate writer, I mean, respects writing too much to be tricky; startling; doing stunts.”
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Dive into the life and legacy of Arthur Griffith with the launch of Cut & Paste No. 9.
Join us at the James Joyce Centre on Tuesday, 31 March at 12pm for the launch of the 9th volume of Cut & Paste: Remembering Arthur Griffith with guest speaker Bryan Dobson.
The event is free but booking is essential:
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A few photos from Monday's phenomenal celebration of James Joyce's birthday. We had a wonderful time filled with joy, laughter, songs, readings and more than a little cake. Mr Joyce himself (aka @JohnShevlin1) even managed to make an appearance at his own party.
Thanks so much to Noel O'Grady, Eileene McLoughlin, Jack Lynch, Paul Reardon, Sinead Murphy and to all of those who joined us for this special day.
Happy 144th James! 🎂🥂🥳
The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.
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A few photos from Saturday night's celestial lecture by journalist and scholar Senan Molony. Many thanks to Senan and to all who came.
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We take great pride in our volunteering at the Tower. Here’s the Saturday crew performing the ancient traditions of new badge receipt and the swearing upon the Ulysses. In Nomine bagdgis
#jamesjoyce #ulysses
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Another vignette from the post-literate society. Reading books used to be something a lot people did for fun - now it is a specialist skill that has to be taught by universities
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Dear Diary, in James Joyce’s Dublin, i keep bumping into Dubliners who could have slipped straight out of Joyce’s pages. Meet Cormac O’Hanrahan—the founder, editor, binder, and distributor of Joyce-specific The Bloomsday Journal—he says he operates out from his kitchen table!
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A few photos from last night's launch of Pomes Penyeach by @CladdaghRecords. Music by @MrAdrianCrowley and Matthew Nolan. Our special thanks to Francesca O'Connor, Adrian, Matthew, @TonyClaytonLea and all those who attended.
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Grateful that @bloomsdayfest operates from @JamesJoyceCentr where readers, artists, scholars, tourists & locals have such a welcoming home.
A few photos of yesterday's encore screening of four films by @BloomsdayReJoyc that were part of the @BloomsdayFF. The screening featured a Q&A with Godfrey Jordan, Paddy McAvinue, @JohnShevlin1 and other participants of the films. Our special thanks to all of those who attended.
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It’s Saturday, the weather is incredible so why not to pop into the James Joyce Tower for a visit. Open until 4pm with Free entry & tours provided.
#jamesjoyce
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The mesmerizing Fingal Mummbers were a central part of the festivities at The James Joyce Centre on Bloomsday.
📸: Simon Lazewski
#bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival
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When the shadow of urban development looms over another iconic literary landmark, action required.
@bloomsdayfest @JamesJoyceCentr @swenyspharmacy @toirishfilmfest @ChicagoIrishFF screens June 15 3pm Belvedere House
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The October 2024 issue of Ghost City Review is now up on our website!! Thanks so much to all of our contributors this month ❤️
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Footage from The Footsteps of Leopold Bloom Walking Tour led by Josh Newman. This tour will also be on during Bloomsday Festival. For more information please visit bloomsdayfestival.ie
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JG Ballard died OTD in 2009. He described the immense influence Ulysses had on his life in 1990.
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Off to Zürich today for the Joyce Foundation Workshop – always the best event on the Joycean calendar. This year's topic: Swearing. My paper: De Defututa Vulgari Eloquentia (poster by Dr @HalilaBayramova)
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The cover image for today’s moot, courtesy of Dall•E artificial intelligence. Created in the style of Takashi Murakami, @RobRoman23’s artist of choice.
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"President Lady MacTrump:
To bleach to bleach! There’s rubbing on the skin:
come, come, come, come, give me your lungs.
I alone can fix it. – To bleach, to bleach, to bleach!" - @RobRoman23 modernizes a tragedy
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