May 2010
20 posts
“And he writes that Ulysses is very much a useful book, a book “with much to teach us about the world — advice on how to cope with grief; how to be frank about death in the age of its denial; how women have their own sexual desires and so also do men; how to walk and think at the same time; … how to tell a joke and how not to tell a joke; how to purge sexual relations of all notions of ownership; or how the way a person approaches food can explain who they really are.” It’s because Ulysses is useful, Kiberd argues, that it has everyday lessons for everyone, that it still has the potential to become widely read and that it might still change the world.”
—The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor discussing Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Living (2009) by Declan Kiberd. (via othemts) (via cfbwe)
“My favorite books, those books that I will forever remember and cherish, are those that played the greatest influence over me. For example, Carl Jung’s Man and His Symbols, helped enliven my dream life. James Joyce’s Portrait of The Artist, changed the way I perceived (and accepted) my at times, awkward childhood.”
—My Inconvenient Body
“The Zurich James Joyce Foundation, one of the world’s great centers of Joyce studies, celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary on 9 May.”
—Zurich Joyce Foundation Anniversary « JJQ
