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Finnegans wake notes ulysses unlocked.

It is the best podcast on ulysses!

OK, maybe it’s because I’m becoming an old guy but this morning, as I’m working from my home computer, and there was a bunch of shouting in the street from my noisy neighbor, I’m thinking of myself “Jesus, I wish that guy would just shut the fuck up.“ And then it occurred to me – as Joyce describes God as a noise or a shout in the street, is the interpretation that he just wants that noise to go away?

I'm trying to track down a source but struggling.

I remember reading somewhere that Bloom's breakfast is more authentically Irish than what is today called Irish Breakfast because offals were more commonly consumed in Ireland after the Famine, but for the life of me I can't recall which book this argument came from. It was on the first page of an essay in a collection (possibly on Joyce), but beyond that I'm drawing a blank.

Does this ring a bell?

Maybe a little early, but was wondering if anyone knows what will be happening in nyc for bloomsday this year. Seems like Bloom's Tavern & Ulysses' Bar do something every year. Was wondering if anyone here could speak to a previous year's experience.

Hey its my first time making a serious attempt at finnegans wake. I have the skeleton key, annotations to finnegans wake and a third guide that slips my mind...the other famous one I think 😂

Do you recommend reading the guides along with the book or just read the book first? Or maybe a guide first? I love the work of Joseph Campbell so I thought maybe skeleton key first could work.

Does anyone know how I (NYC, NY) can listen to this radio adaptation of Ulysses? I heard bits of it, and it's brilliant, but I'm having trouble finding the entire production. Grateful for any insight on this. Thanks.

I'm an American (25 F) PhD student planning some solo travel for the summer, and it's always been my dream to visit Dublin! Is the Bloomsday festival worth it (and is it fun to go solo)? It sounds so fun!