James Joyce was all of 23 years old when he wrote most of the 15 stories in Dubliners, an extraordinary collection about ordinary people, now reprinted in a centennial edition. But before the book was ...
Three scholars, three memorable experiences, three nearly lifelong passions. For most of us, though, the book that unites them, James Joyce's Ulysses, evokes dread, not devotion. Its 700 ...
The UB Libraries has hired an architect for its new James Joyce Museum, a permanent exhibition space that will attract thousands of visitors, students and scholars from around the world to experience ...
Editor’s Note: The below story first appeared in The Irish Times on April 7, 1903. The byline simply reads “A Correspondent,” but this wasn’t one of the Times’ random pens; this was written by none ...
James Joyce Coin-troversy Reportedly Could Have Been Averted : The Two-Way Irish banking officials should have known there were problems with the controversial 10-euro coin commemorating James Joyce, ...
James Joyce was a man full of contradictions. One of his biographers, Gordon Bowker, writes that Joyce "loved his father yet reacted against his tyranny; he loved his mother but spurned her intense ...
I always like to read an Irish author around St. Patrick’s Day, and this week, for the fifth or sixth time, I found myself rereading James Joyce’s brilliant collection of short stories: “Dubliners” ...
Not long ago, while visiting my son in San Francisco, I noticed that the toilet paper in his bathroom bore the legend: "Do you suffer from bathroom anxiety over not having the right tissue?" I could ...
It’s the morning after. I’m leaning against the antique pastry showcase in Pasticceria Caffè Pirona. I’m still a little shaky from last night’s drinking. There’s a framed picture of James Joyce on the ...
Stephen Joyce, the grandson and literary protector of Irish author James Joyce, is dead at 87. He died Jan. 23 on the French island of Ile de Re, confirmed Ireland’s president Michael Higgins. Joyce ...