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• Ulysses in art: The tyranny of Joyce

  
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  To mark todays anniversary of Bloomsday, Alastair Smart considers the hit-and-miss art that James Joyces novel Ulysses has inspired down the years.        
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• Weekend links 164

  
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  Ekaterina Panikanova paints on books. Back in 2009 I bought a book of Art Nouveau illustration and design which contained an intriguing drawing by an Austrian artist, Franz Wacik (1883–1938). At the time there was little of Wacik’s other work online so I was delighted by the latest post at 50 Watts which ...
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• Six comics to read on Bloomsday

  
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  This Sunday is Bloomsday, that special time of year when people around the world draw together to celebrate one of the finest works of English literature, Ulysses by James Joyce. Or they try to, anyway. If you haven’t attempted to read Joyce’s magnum opus before, it can be a little rough going. In honor of the ...
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• Celebrate James Joyce’s Iconic Work, Ulysses This Weekend At The Rosenbach Museum And Library’s Annual Bloomsday Festival

  
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  Celebrate one of James Joyces most influential works, Ulysses, at the Rosenbach Museum and Librarys annual Bloomsday Festival, a full day of Ulysses readings from members of the Philadelphia community, Sunday, June 16. (Photo courtesy The Rosenbach Museum and Library) This Sunday, June 16, commemorate James ...
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• Political Cribs: Inside Pollster Frank Luntzs Politics-Obsessed Brentwood Pad

  
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  [All images via Los Angeles ] Political pollster/strategist Frank Luntz (the guy who brought you the idea of a "government takeover" of healthcare) loves to collect shit so much that his homes have themes--the one in Virginia is for music and film memorabilia, the one in New York is for sports, and this one in ...
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• Ulysses S Obama?

  
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  I have a fundamental objection to US News and World Report’s Lara Brown’s take on Barack Obama: With the revelations of another new and potentially serious scandal , Obama’s presidency becomes more Grant than Lincoln each day. Not Fitzgerald Grant’s fictional presidency of television series ...
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• Manuscript Fragment from James Joyce’s Ulysses

  
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  (Via/about/zoom in!). Tagged: Books , Ithaca , James Joyce , manuscript , Ulysses
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• A New Way to Look at Americas Wars

  
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  Via T umblr . From my early days as an historian, I have always looked for insights that explain the past on a deeper level than a series of merely exciting or disturbing events. I still vividly remember my first experience. I was working on a book about the year 1776 and had file drawers crammed with research. ...
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• Cody Smith Talks About Ulysses S. Grant

  
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  I am sending this one out to Brooks Simpson. Surprisingly, Mr. Smith is able to cover a great deal of ground in just over one minute. Yeah, it’s a slow night. [uploaded to YouTube on June 5, 2013]
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• Marilyn Monroe Reading Ulysses

  
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  A great picture. And she appears to be reading the last page which is, quite awesome!
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• Careless People is the biography The Great Gatsby deserves

  
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  Sarah Churchwell’s Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby is the second-best book I have read this year. The best is The Great Gatsby, which Careless People inspired me to re-read, and which it opened up and improved for me in ways that make much literary criticism seem shallow. ...
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• Ulysse Nardin Teams Up with HBO’s Game of Thrones to Create the “Night’s Watch” Timepiece that is Being Released this Week

  
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  For those of you who feel upset and betrayed by last night’s brutal Game of Thrones episode, there is a silver lining: Ulysse Nardin has teamed up with HBO’s Game of Thrones to create a limited edition timepiece, called the Night’s Watch, inspired by the show itself. Creating only 25 pieces of this watch, ...
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• Events June 4-6: The Middle Passage, the Battle of Vicksburg and Whales

  
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  From May 17 to July 4, 1863, Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army placed the city of Vicksburg, MS under siege to defeat Confederate troops. Hear the play-by-play of this turning point in the Civil War in a talk by best-selling author Jeff Shaara on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Paul Lowry Tuesday, June 4: ...
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• Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: May 2013

  
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  Here is our round-up of our favourite downloads from May’s posts together with a few newbies that, together, make a mix of twenty tracks that is as eclectic as it is perfect! Enjoy. High Coast – Talvatis Sweetly picked Americana. . Landmarks – Cuscutta Lovely, unhurried, slice of woozy, psych-pop in the ...
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• The Value of Objects: That Hoard and Sleep And Feed, And Know Not Me

  
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  The value of most things lies in their use and not in their intrinsic financial worth. Capitalist society functions on the belief that baubles and objects have great value, that certain brands retain their worth, and that by hoarding rare objects one can accumulate riches beyond imagination. Reality television shows ...
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• The Great Gatsby: An Essay in Tweets

  
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  By Joyce Carol Oates Strange how a literary work evolves into something meta-literary & “mythical”: Frankenstein, Dracula, Huckleberry Finn, yes & “Gatsby.” Hating “The Great Gatsby” (the novel) is like spitting into the Grand Canyon. It will not be going away anytime soon, but you will be. ...
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• Odd Words

  
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  Bloomsday, the celebration of James Joyce’s Ulyssses , returns to New Orleans and the Irish House on June 16, organizer Micheal Zell has announced. The entire action of the novel is set on June 16 in Dublin, Ireland, and all across the world fans of Joyce celebrate with a day of readings and other festivities. ...
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• New EP From Hunting Ulysees

  
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  We introduced you to the raw, lo-fi garage goodness of Kent’s Hunting  Ulysses  back in September last year with the release of their hugely promising  Feral Youth EP . We’re pleased to report that they are back with a new EP, Jurassic Pop , containing five more tracks inspired by the primal forces of ...
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• Ellingtonian Depth and Purpose from Christian McBride

  
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  On one hand, to spend time on Christian McBride and Inside Straight’ s new Mack Avenue album People Music here, when it’s already been out for two weeks and most everybody who wants it probably already has it, might not make a lot of sense. On the other hand, this is an important album for 2013. To call it ...
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• This Week in the Civil War: May 27-Jun 2, 1863

  
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  Wednesday, May 27 .  In Louisiana, a massed Federal assault on Port Hudson failed, as the attackers became tangled in underbrush and fallen timbers. The Confederates held a strong position atop a bluff that commanded both the land and river approaches to Port Hudson. Federal commander Nathaniel Banks decided to place ...
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