@sbslote

Professor, School of English, Trinity College Dublin. Quondam New Yorker. Co-author of Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses https://xitter.cf/t.co/2An19geFTp He/him/his

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Joined November 2008
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I've moved to the cerulean firmament!
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This is the perfect time to make a film adaptation of Ulysses and transpose the cast of Nolan's Odyssey (Matt Damon as Bloom, Anne Hathaway as Molly, Tom Holland as Stephen, etc.).
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I only know two tunes: one of them is Love's Old Sweet Song and the other one isn't #Bloomsday #justasongattwilight
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Liss@Liss_R_FMay 12
The Telegraph's (0*) review of Russell Brand's new book highlights a fittingly Wakean spoonerism
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The School of English at Trinity College Dublin is looking to hire an 18th century specialist: jobs.ac.uk/job/DQS657/assist…
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Louis Hay, 1926–2026; may his memory be an exogenetic blessing item.ens.fr/hay/
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RIP, Roland McHugh
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My new book, Exquisite Nothingness: The Novels of Yukio Mishima, is out today! A complex, controversial, but ultimately beautiful and extraordinary writer — one of the literary giants of the 20th century.
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Just landed: Congrong Dai’s complete translation of Finnegans Wake into Chinese
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Amazing story about political crazies in Ireland: irishtimes.com/crime-law/202…

The new IRB: a band of conspiracy theorists who have set up a parallel Irish ‘government’

This fringe group, drawn from the ranks of anti-lockdown protesters and business people laid low by the crash, have a cabinet, local co-ops and even a network of ‘courts’

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Latest arrival from @floridapress James Joyce series: Sensational Joyce by John Gordon
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The James Joyce Society has an excellent programme of events lined up for the next year @JoyceSocietyNY joycesociety.com/events

Events — James Joyce Society

joycesociety.com
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A merry Bloomsday to all
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Teaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Barry Devine and Ellen Scheible, coming soon from @floridapress upf.com/book.asp?id=97808130…
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My column this week is about two recent images of horror, and what they mean for us all
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Richard Ellmann, James Joyce, and Literary Biography: a talk by Zachary Leader, Trinity Long Room Hub, 5.00pm, 15 May @TLRHub #JamesJoyce @JJ_Gazette
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Today is the 100th anniversary of Yukio Mishima's birth and I am delighted to reveal the cover for my book on his absolutely extraordinary novels. Out in September!
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BILL MURRAY as 'Nick the lounge singer' sings Star Wars on Saturday Night Live, in 1978.
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Have you ever gotten your copy of Ulysses stamped at the Tower? We’d love to see / share them if you have a photo #jamesjoyce #joycetower #dublin
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.@seanehewitt meditates on writing fiction inspired by folk music and its constant, changing repository of stories. lithub.com/the-timeless-time…

The Timeless, Timely Folk Novel: On Writing Fiction Influenced by Folk Songs

I first started listening to folk music in my late teens. Before that, I was only really familiar with Irish rebel songs, sung by my family on whiskey-fueled evenings at home. But English folksongs…

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This just in: highly recommended
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