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James Joyce, James Brown, Writing a Novel
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We shared this on Instagram yesterday, but if On the Calculation of Volume teaches us anything, it's that every day is November 18th.

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Leviathan Bookstore on Instagram: "“It is the eighteenth of November. I have got used to that thought.” That’s the beginning of Solvej Balle’s ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME, translated by Barbara Have...
In this engaging and thought-provoking novel, Solvej Balle masterfully weaves a story that explores the intricacies of time and memory through the lens of a single day that repeats over and over again...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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The Great Finnegans Wake Annotator!
RIP Roland McHugh
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Just landed: Congrong Dai’s complete translation of Finnegans Wake
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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"In spite of ourselves
We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow
Against all odds
Honey, we're the big door prize"

John Prine's good for what ails you. So are bookstores. John Prine playing in a bookstore? Couldn't be better.
September 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Attempted cancellation of philospher Maarten Boudry at Ghent University for his "Zionist-tinged opinions."

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Maarten Boudry’s job at the University of Ghent endangered because he has “Zionist-tinged opinions”
Maarten Boudry, a Belgian philosopher at the University of Ghent, is not a timorous man.  You’ve met him before when he wrote this recent post defending our anthology, edited by Lawrence Krau…
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August 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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We are celebrating the opening of Joyce’s personal archive next year, and displaying items which reveal more about the author behind the puzzles of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. The exhibition is in the Museum of English Rural life staircase hall from 7 Oct 2025 - 9 Feb 2026. More details to follow!
June 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Joseph Luzzi makes a compelling case that a great work of art can lead a life every bit as dramatic, chequered and instructive as the artist who made it
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June 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Two translations of Dante’s Paradiso are set to come out in the year of our Lord 2025. Come July we’ll get Mary Jo Bang’s "irreverent” conclusion, published by Graywolf Press, and in August NYRB will give us D. M. Black’s second installment (anyone knows if he plans on translating Inferno?).
May 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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This week’s TLS, featuring Joyce and his biographer; Prigozhin’s mutiny; class solidarity vs identity politics; Indian and German thought; Kafka and the American state – and much more
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The door of the famous No. 7 Eccles Street from Ulysses at the James Joyce Centre.

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April 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Here is Dr. Josh Newman speaking to students at the James Joyce Centre this week.
This is an original copy of Ulysses written by James Joyce, published in Paris in 1922. #jamesjoyce
April 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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We’re rocking and rolling on Mount Purgatory as we tiptoe through the greedy. Drop in here or check out the most insanely obsessive podcast about Dante’s masterpiece, The Divine Comedy.

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Fear And Trembling On The Mountain: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 124 - 151
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April 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Guess who's finally coming to the podcast on Sunday?
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Delighted to have a copy of the new Mandarin translation of Finnegans Wake by Sun-chieh Liang
March 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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We’re back walking with Dante, even with my broken leg. We’re at PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, a hella crazy medieval masterpiece of subterfuge. Join in … or start your own walk with this deep-dive podcast for amateur obsessives.

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Chilly Dreams Before The Fifth Terrace Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 1- 15
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February 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM