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In Search of Things Past: Dreaming of Spain and Love

Ann Tashi Slater | Posted 05.06.2013 | Books
Ann Tashi Slater

Recently I returned to Spain. It was a holiday but also a pilgrimage, a search for something not located in geographical space. I was tracking my parents' dream of Spain, of each other; my own dream of Spain as a place where we'd all been together.

Mediterranean Diet

Judith Greenberg, Ph.D. | Posted 05.01.2013 | Healthy Living
Judith Greenberg, Ph.D.

Ever since I swam in the sea at Tel Aviv as a child, warm, lapping turquoise waters have beckoned. Never mind that I was born in New England and spent my summers on Cape Cod in the frigid and boisterous Atlantic Ocean.

I'm With Stupid: Joyce in China Bigger Than Hasselhoff in Germany

Todd Hartley | Posted 04.06.2013 | Comedy
Todd Hartley

I once read somewhere that James Joyce's novel Ulysses was the best book ever written, so a few years ago when I found an old copy for a dollar, I bought it.

In the Wake of Tragedy, I Seek the Comfort of Books

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 02.16.2013 | Books
Nina Sankovitch

Books remind us, again and again, that we are not alone in the world. We are not alone in suffering heartache, questioning purpose, searching for justice, or defining meaning.

VOTE: What Is The Best Novel Of All Time?

Posted 08.20.2012 | Books

The Best Novel of All Time? It's an impossible statement of course, but while we wait for the big titles of the fall to hit, and everyone is talking a...

Sharon Osbourne Apologizes For Buzzing A Contestant On 'AGT'

Posted 07.26.2012 | TV

It was a tough night of eliminations on "America's Got Talent" (Wed., 9 p.m. ET on NBC) after a very solid performance episode Tuesday night. But it b...

6-Year-Old Interprets Classic Novel Covers

Babble.com | Posted 09.15.2012 | Parents
Babble.com

What happens when this recent kindergarten graduate judges a book by its cover? Here are the results.

Why 'Ulysses' Is Like An Old Friend To A Dubliner

Richard Conway | Posted 08.15.2012 | Books
Richard Conway

'Ulysses' is often seen as a lofty thing, a piece of posturing high modernist literature, one with little relevance to the everyday. Others see it as a book about nothing at all. But these charges couldn't be further from the truth. As a Dubliner abroad, it's like meeting an old friend.

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

Davis Schneiderman | Posted 04.23.2012 | Parents
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."

6 Surprising Banned Books

| Posted 02.03.2012 | Books

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 ...

Meatless Monday: Hero With A Thousand Faces

Ellen Kanner | Posted 02.18.2012 | Green
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.

The 11 Greatest Affairs In Literature

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

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, ...

7 'Overrated' Things

Mark Juddery | Posted 10.22.2011 | Books
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.

Most Overrated Classic Books

Posted 09.18.2011 | Books

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...

Which Sexy Book Character Do You Want To Sleep With?

Zoe Triska | Posted 08.24.2011 | Books

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...

Leopold Bloom Resigns After Erotic Letters Leak

Jonah Green | Posted 08.16.2011 | Books
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.

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

Posted 08.16.2011 | Books

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

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

Joan K. Smith | Posted 08.15.2011 | Arts
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.

How To Properly Celebrate Bloomsday This Year

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 08.14.2011 | New York

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...

How To Write A Book: Tips From Famous Authors

NeuroTribes | Posted 08.03.2011 | Books

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...

Love "Ulysses?" Volunteer For The Bloomsday Experiment 2011

11ysses.wordpress.com | Posted 07.26.2011 | Books

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...

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

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

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....

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 | Books
Meg Wolitzer

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

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

Posted 05.27.2011 | Books

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

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

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

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