Wandering Rocks
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Ulysses & The Odyssey – Wandering Rocks
The Odyssey – Book XII Circe advises Odysseus on how to sail safely home. She warns him not to attempt sailing through the Wandering Rocks, a stretch of sea so difficult to cross that not even birds can fly over it and live to tell the tale. The only ship to ever pass through safely…
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Ep. 70 – Bloomsday 2021
Happy Bloomsday, one and all! Enjoy a selection of readings from Ulysses by our talented listeners from across the globe. It’s a Bloomsday bash you can listen to anywhere. Just add gorgonzola and burgundy! Cool stuff to support: Sweny’s Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark alive. Please subscribe! U22: The Centenary Ulysses Podcast Ulysses –…
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Decoding Dedalus: Full Fathom Five
“I haven’t let this young man off very lightly, have I? Many writers have written about themselves. I wonder if any one of them has been as candid as I have?” – James Joyce to Frank Budgen This is a post in a series called Decoding Dedalus where I take a passage of Ulysses and …
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Who Was the Real Buck Mulligan?
—He’s in with a lowdown crowd, Mr Dedalus snarled. That Mulligan is a contaminated bloody doubledyed ruffian by all accounts. His name stinks all over Dublin. To listen to a discussion of this topic, check out the podcast episode here. This post is a part of an occasional series on the real people behind the…