Women of Ulysses
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A Shakespearean Ghoststory Part 2: Anne Hath a Way
This is part two of a three part series about searching for real-life “ghosts” by prying into Shakespeare’s personal life. You can read part one here and part three here. In “Scylla and Charybdis”, Ulysses’ ninth episode, Stephen Dedalus’ idiosyncratic theory of Hamlet leans heavily on the purported influence of William Shakespeare’s wife, Anne. The…
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Ep. 138 – Lizzie Twigg (w/ Elizabeth Foley O’Connor)
“Everybody who met her liked her – because she was warm and outgoing. Here I am saying good things about Lizzie. Poor Liz – nobody remembers her now.” – Padraic Colum, 1969 This episode features an interview with scholar Elizabeth Foley O’Connor about Irish poet Lizzie Twigg, her legacy as a poet, her brief mention…
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Decoding Bloom: John Howard Parnell
This is a post in a series called Decoding Bloom where I take a paragraph of Ulysses and break it down line by line. The passage below comes from “The Lestrygonians”, the eighth episode of Ulysses. It appears on page 164-165 in my copy (1990 Vintage International). It begins “Provost’s house” and ends “house of…
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The Women of Ulysses: Lizzie Twigg
As Leopold Bloom passes the offices of the Irish Times in “Lestrygonians”, Ulysses’ eighth episode, he can’t help but think about all the letters that might be waiting there for his alter ego, Henry Flower. However, his fantasy is disrupted by the memory of one “smart lady typist” who didn’t meet Henry’s exacting standards: To…
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The Women of Ulysses: Milly Bloom
Part of an occasional series on the women of Ulysses. To listen to a discussion of this topic, check out the podcast episode here. Poor Milly Bloom. She’s the daughter of one of literature’s greatest heroes, but she’s been given short shrift. Joyce critics over the decades have largely ignored her or written her off…
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Ep. 72 – Dearest Papli
Is a picnic really just picnic? In this episode, Dermot and Kelly discuss Milly’s letter from Mullingar, those lovely seaside girls, Milly’s purpose in the narrative of Ulysses, the implication of a picnic, whether or not Milly is a poor substitute for Rudy, the significance of Milly’s fifteenth birthday, how Milly’s maturity has affected her…
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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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Ep. 45 – Bloomsday 2020
Happy Bloomsday, one and all! Blooms & Barnacles presents our Bloomsday 2020 episode, a little Bloomsday party you can take anywhere you go. Many friends and listeners came together to record their favorite passages from Ulysses, and we’ve compiled them into one, gargantuan Blooms & Barnacles episode. Sweny’s Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark alive.…
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Met Him Pike Hoses
To listen to a discussion of this topic, check out the podcast episode here. “– O rocks! she said. Tell us in plain words.” While Stephen Dedalus and Buck Mulligan were sniping at each other over breakfast on June 16, Leopold and Molly Bloom were discussing the idea of metempsychosis (better known as reincarnation) over…