Well, as I (semi-)predicted a few posts ago, I’m dipping into Ulysses again. 1) There’s what looks like a very interesting exhibition about the book’s 100th anniversary at The Morgan Library. I plan to go. 2) I studied James … Continue reading
This story started here. On the other side of Pine Street, Main Street stopped being “Main Street” and turned back into a regular Claremont street with modest houses, trees, and a narrow sidewalk which, after the first block or so, … Continue reading
I thought this was a provocative headline: “How Hemingway Gradually—Then Suddenly—Defined the Zeitgeist.” Well, the article was not about Hemingway, in toto, defining anything; it’s about how much the phrase “gradually and then suddenly” is being used these days. The … Continue reading
This story started here. “So, for you, right now: research, at the office of the Claremont Crier. They have a complete back issue file — more complete than the one the town library had, but not as easily accessed. However, … Continue reading
1) June 16, 1904, is the day the novel Ulysses, by James Joyce, takes place, so June 16 is celebrated as Bloomsday. Ulysses was published in 1922, making this year the hundredth anniversary of the book. When I realized this, … Continue reading
This story started here. My employer lit a cigarette. There was an ashtray on a small table near her. “Jennifer,” she said slowly, “please outline, in general terms, what happened yesterday. I saw your father at the book sale. Did … Continue reading