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Happy Bloomsday

June 16, 2010 at 1:57 pm by Olivia Just

June 16, 1904 — The day that James Joyce’s hero Leopold Bloom made his way around Dublin in “Ulysses” is celebrated across the world, often with pints of Guinness, (“thick giblet soup”?) and readings from the book. Stamford celebrated the literary holiday in Joycean fashion this past Sunday, and in New York, there’s a host of festivities planned, from a pub tour in Brooklyn to the “Bloomsday on Broadway,” an annual stage reading of the book at Symphony Space. This year’s lineup of celebrity readers includes Malachy McCourt and Stephen Colbert; the event is also simulcast on WNYC radio, for those who, like me, are curious to see what Stephen Colbert sounds like reading Joyce.

Also in the spirit of Bloomsday, the New York Times has published a nice Op-Ed piece. Give it a read.

Olivia Just

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