Ulysses

Jabba is Dead, or My Daughters Watch Return of the Jedi

Davis Schneiderman | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Raspberry Tart, Star Wars, Han Solo, Jar Jar Binks, My Little Pony, Disney Princess, Strawberry Shortcake, Stormtrooper, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Marha Speaks, Princess Leia, Return of the Jedi, Jabba the Hut, Jedi, Raspberry Torte, The Empire Strikes Back, Ulysses, Molly Bloom, Emperor, Lightsaber, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker, Yoda, Rio, Chewbacca, Ewok, Parents News
Davis Schneiderman

I began to suspect I had made a mistake when Kallista, 4, answered a question from Athena, 6: "No, Athena, Princess Leia didn't want to be a slave so she choked Jabba and killed him."

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6 Surprising Banned Books

| Posted 02.03.2012

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By Daniel Lefferts for Bookish: James Joyce’s "Ulysses" turns 90 today. The nearly 800-page behemoth, long regarded as one of the best (and most ...

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Meatless Monday: Hero With A Thousand Faces

Ellen Kanner | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Baskin and Robbins, Joseph Campbell, Hero With a Thousand Faces, Earthsave, John Robbins, Buddha, Michael Pollan, Ulysses, Eric Schlosser, Jonathan Safran Foer, Green News
Ellen Kanner

The pivotal part of the hero's experience, the payoff, is enlightenment. It took Buddha six years to get there. We can get there faster, especially with a diet that's plant-rich, not processed.

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The 11 Greatest Affairs In Literature

2011-09-30-Screenshot20110930at3.08.55PM.jpeg | Amy Hertz | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Anna Karenina, Lady Chatterly's Lover, Madame Bovary, Affairs in Books, Ulysses, Kreuzer Sonata, Cheaters in Books, Barnes and Noble, Unfaithful in Literature, Barnes and Noble Review, Divorce News

Story courtesy of Barnes And Noble Review. By Amy Hertz The love that leads to marriage begins with so much promise. But, in books as in life, ...

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7 'Overrated' Things

Mark Juddery | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Overrated, Overrated Things, Titanic, Google, James Joyce, Ulysses, Books News
Mark Juddery

It's been over a year since "Overrated: The 50 Most Overhyped Things in History" was published by Perigee in New York, and even longer since the Australian edition.

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Most Overrated Classic Books

Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Moby Dick, The Catcher in the Rye, Waiting for Godot, Boring Books, Bad Classics, The Stranger, Ulysses, Classic Books, Books News

Ever read a classic and asked yourself, "What’s the big deal?" There are thousands of books the world considers classics, from Shakespeare to Saling...

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Which Sexy Book Character Do You Want To Sleep With?

Zoe Triska | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Virginia Woolf, Franny and Zooey, Jane Austen, Lord of the Rings, Literary Characters to Sleep With, Gone With the Wind, Pride and Prejudice, True Blood, Sexy Literary Characters, J.D. Salinger, James Joyce, Sexy Book Characters, Video, Sleep With Book Characters, Love & Sex, Charlaine Harris, Ulysses, Slidepollajax, Books News

It's a very personal question to ask but we didn't let that stop us, and readers really seemed to want to let us know which book characters they'd mo...

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Leopold Bloom Resigns After Erotic Letters Leak

Jonah Green | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Leopold Bloom, Bloomsday 2011, Ulysses, Anthony Weiner, Leopold Bloom Resigns, Anthony Weiner Resigns, James Joyce, Bloomsday, Books News
Jonah Green

Weeks after it was revealed that Leopold Bloom had carried on erotic penpal exchanges with a woman named Martha Clifford, Mr. Bloom has decided to step down from his post at his advertising firm.

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PHOTOS Bloomsday 2011: What Will People Be Doing This Year To Celebrate?

Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: The Odyssey, James Joyce, Joyce, Bloomsday 2011, Ulysses, James Joyce Ulysses, Stephen Dedalus, Modern Novels, Bloomsday, Leopold Bloom, Books News

Every year on June 16th, James Joyce lovers celebrate Bloomsday to commemorate his modernist masterpiece "Ulysses." "Ulysses" chronicles a day, June 1...

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What Would Joyce Do? Ulysses Revisited -- In Comic Form

Joan K. Smith | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: iPad Apps, James Joyce, Comics, Ulysses, James Joyce Ulysses, Ipad, Graphic Novel, Ulysses Graphic Novel, Ulysses Seen, Robert Berry, Arts News
Joan K. Smith

Ulysses Seen, a serialized electronic comic book adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses, is a perfect example of a truly crazy idea turning out to be utterly brilliant.

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How To Properly Celebrate Bloomsday This Year

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: What to Do on Bloomsday, James Joyce, NY Events, Bloomsday 2011, Ulysses, NY Around Town, Bloomsday New York, Bloomsday Nyc, Bloomsday, Bloomsday 2011 Nyc, New York News

Bloomsday, the annual holiday commemorating the events of James Joyce's Ulysses (which takes place on June 16, 1904) is this Thursday. And New York is...

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How To Write A Book: Tips From Famous Authors

NeuroTribes | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Peter Conners, David Crosby, David Shenk, Ulysses, Writing Tips, Carl Zimmer, Geoff Manaugh, Brilliant Authors, Bill Wasik, Josh Shenk, Cory Doctorow, Books News

I love books. My late father Donald, who taught Wordsworth and Melville to inner-city kids for decades, used to read Ulysses to me while he carried me...

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Love "Ulysses?" Volunteer For The Bloomsday Experiment 2011

11ysses.wordpress.com | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: James Joyce, June 16, Twitter, Bloomsday, Bloomsday Experiment, Ulysses, Bloomsday 2011 Experiment, Books News

Every year on 16 June lovers of the richest novel of all time -- James Joyce's Ulysses -- celebrate this literary revelation with Bloomsday. Live read...

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Kate Bush Finally Given Permission To Use 'Ulysses' Text In Song

Telegraph | 3:27PM BST 04 Apr 2011 | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Molly Bloom, Kate Bush Song, Kate Bush, James Joyce, Flower of the Mountain, Ulysses, The Sensual World, Kate Bush Ulysses Song, Books News

Reclusive singer Kate Bush has been given the go-ahead to use the text of James Joyce's Ulysses for a song, more than 20 years after asking....

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EXCLUSIVE Meg Wolitzer's Literary Adventures In Bed: 10 That Don't Include A Good Night's Sleep (PHOTOS)

Meg Wolitzer | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, The Exorcist, The Death of Socrates, Ulysses, Cheri, William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily, Marcel Proust, The Uncoupling, Hair, Books News
Meg Wolitzer

Here are ten other beds that don't include a good night's sleep.

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Books You Should Have Read By Now: Readers Admit What Made Their Lists (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: James Joyce, Emma, Twitter, Lady Chatterly's Lover, #Abouttimeiread, Ulysses, Slidepollajax, Penguin Books, Pride and Prejudice, Books News

Penguin Books (@penguinbooks) recently tweeted, "So who is up for admitting what books they should have read by now? #abouttimeiread" We've all go...

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Getting Slizzard: HuffPost Readers Pick Best Drinking Scenes In Literature (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beowulf, Great Gatsby, Nine Stories, Cathedral, Ulysses, Slidepollajax, Shakespeare, Raymond Carver, James Joyce, Books News

In "Macbeth," Macduff famously asks, "What three things does drink especially provoke?" To which the porter replies, "Marry, sir, nose-painting, slee...

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Reading As An Equalizer: What James Joyce, Shakespeare Can Teach Us Today

Rick Ayers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Declan Kiberd, Democracy, Critical Thinking, James Joyce, Education, Marilyn Monroe, Toni Morrison, Literacy, Chaucer, Ulysses, Miguel De Cervantes, Classics, Mark Twain, Reading, Shakespeare, Education News
Rick Ayers

Kiberd reminds us to hold on to, and honor, the truly democratic project that education must be.

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Fictional Feasts: Mouth-Watering Moments Of Literary Gastronomy

flavorwire.com | Nina MacLaughlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ray Bradbury, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, Herman Melville, Ulysses, Moby Dick, Food in Literature, c.s. Lewis, Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, Books News

Watch Man Vs. Food before bed and you go to sleep craving French dipped sandwiches and face-sized burgers with cheese injected into the middle of the ...

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Happy Birthday, James Joyce: Celebrate By Drinking This Cocktail Inspired By The Author

ahistoryofdrinking.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ulysses, Authors, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Dubliners, James Joyce, James Joyce's Birthday, Finnegan's Wake, Books News

On this date in 1882, Irish novelist and playwright James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born in Rathgar, Ireland (a suburb of Dublin)....

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'Harry Potter,' 'The Giver,' 'Lolita,' 'Howl'

Dan Wilbur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Wilbur

"Lolita," for instance, is now "Likable Rapists." It makes you think that perhaps these new titles are what censors out there really see.

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Is This The Funniest Novelist In America? Interview With James Hynes, Author Of 'Next'

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reagan Arthur, James Joyce, The Lecturer's Tale, James Hynes, Next, Satire, Little Brown, Ulysses, Austin, Stream-of-Consciousness, James Hynes Next, Author Interviews, James Hynes Interview, Books News
Anis Shivani

Hynes has in the past made major contributions to the campus comedy genre; with this courageous breakout novel, he's now one of our major American novelists, period.

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Bloomsday Marathon At Symphony Space

Huff Post Citizen Reporting | Alex Vadukul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stephen Colbert, James Joyce, Ulysses, Bloomsday, New York News

What does a Joycean look like? The best possible answer could have been could witnessed yesterday morning at 2 AM when a marathon seven-hour Bloomsday...

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'Ulysses' iPad App Okayed By Apple: Company Admits Mistake

Comic Book Resources | Brigid Alverson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Censorship, James Joyce, Apple, Bloomsday, Ulysses Seen, Ulysses, Apple Censorship, Books, Ulysses iPad App, Ipad, Books News

Here's a nice bit of news for BloomsDay eve: Yesterday, Apple told Rob Berry and Josh Levitas, the creators of Ulysses Seen, that they would be able t...

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Bloomsday 2010: 'Ulysses' Celebrated Around The World (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt and Caroline Eisenmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bloomsday 2010 is being celebrated around the world today as fans come together to appreciate James Joyce's classic novel "Ulysses." The book, widely ...

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