Interview
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Ep. 148 – James Joyce Community Groups (w/ Zoe Patterson)
Zoe Patterson of Trinity College Dublin joins Blooms & Barnacles to talk about about her research into James Joyce community groups. Support us on Patreon to access episodes early, bonus content, and a video version of our podcast. Blooms & Barnacles Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Blooms & Barnacles: Apple Podcasts | Spotify…
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Ep. 125 – Why aren’t there any black characters in Ulysses? (w/ Ryan Kerr)
Ryan Kerr joins the Blooms & Barnacles podcast to discuss the racial politics of Ulysses. Topics include the minstrel show performer Eugene Stratton, the absence of black characters in Ulysses, and the depiction of anti-black racism within the novel. Support us on Patreon to access episodes early, bonus content, and a video version of our…
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Ep. 112 – Exiles (w/ Steve Carey)
Once maligned, later tentatively praised, James Joyce’s only existing play, Exiles, may be his least popular work. Though it is rarely staged these days, Bloomsday in Melbourne’s Steve Carey is up to the challenge. We talk why Exiles has been so maligned, why it’s actually good, and how to go about staging a play that…
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Ep. 108 – The Chief’s Grave (w/ Jordan LeVeque)
Sometimes, Bloom is right to be wrong. Topics in this episode include Charles Stewart Parnell’s funeral and grave, Parnell as Agamemnon, Parnell as a Christ figure, graveyard iconography, Old Ireland’s Hearts and Hands, All Souls’ Day, euphemisms for death, Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” a stuffed owl, Milly’s funeral for a bird,…