Frank Delaney's Re: Joyce

Re:Joyce Episode 368 – Cavalcades & Comets' Tails

Frank Delaney — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Some men about town...

Re:Joyce Episode 367 – Theatrical Turns & Toxic Gas

Frank Delaney — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 05:00:00 +0000

We meet an inventive Dublin hero.

Re:Joyce Episode 366 - Gesundheit!

Frank Delaney — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Meet a controlling sneezer.

Re:Joyce Episode 365 – Soubrettes & Silken Thomas

Frank Delaney — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 05:00:00 +0000

From a secretary to a clergyman.

Re:Joyce Episode 364 - Be Italian

Frank Delaney — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Romance language - and "literature"...

Re:Joyce Episode 363 - Blond as Blazes

Frank Delaney — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 05:00:00 +0000

We meet the dashing seducer!

Re:Joyce Episode 362 - Sisters in Time

Frank Delaney — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 05:00:00 +0000

The brooding Dedalus brood shifts in time.

Re:Joyce Episode 361A - Baker's Dozen

Frank Delaney — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:02:48 +0000

The Story So Far - So Far.

Re:Joyce Episode 361 – Coins, Licorice & Ice-Cream

Frank Delaney — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Dublin city is on the move.

Re:Joyce Episode 360 – Courting Couples & Cabbage

Frank Delaney — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000

A little Latin loving, perhaps?

R:Joyce Episode 359 – Missionaries & Malahide

Frank Delaney — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Father Conmee is such a thoughtful man.

Re:Joyce Episode 358 – Kid Gloves & Butter

Frank Delaney — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Dublin opens up to Father Conmee.

Re: Joyce Episode 357 – The Dancing Master

Frank Delaney — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000

A wonderful moment of characterization.

Re:Joyce Episode 356 - On the Rocks

Frank Delaney — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000

In a new chapter, Dublin city is a character.

Re:Joyce Episode 355 -Last Eddies

Frank Delaney — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:00:00 +0000

The final moments of Scylla and Charybdis.

Re: Joyce Episode 354 - Rude & Lewd

Frank Delaney — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 15:04:58 +0000

Amid Mulligan's bawdry - a profound moment.

Re:Joyce Episode 353 – MUMMERS & MYSTERIES

Frank Delaney — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Is the book taking over the narration?

Re:Joyce Episode 352 - Mockery & Belief

Frank Delaney — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Stephen is barely holding on.

Re:Joyce Episode 351 - Kings & Princes

Frank Delaney — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Does Stephen believe his own theory?

Re:Joyce Episode 350 - Banishment & Catastrophe

Frank Delaney — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen lays out the drama.

Re:Joyce Episode 349 - Fairytales & Lapwings

Frank Delaney — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen's own myth.

Re:Joyce Episode 348 - Naming Names

Frank Delaney — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen identifies family villains

Re:Joyce Episode 347 – Plays & Players

Frank Delaney — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen & Brush up Your Shakespeare.

Re:Joyce Episode 346 - Fathers & Sons

Frank Delaney — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen dons a paternity suit.

Re:Joyce Episode 345A - Plato & Aristotle

Frank Delaney — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 04:00:00 +0000

A Baker's Dozen Special Edition.

Re:Joyce Episode 345 – Feelings of Greed

Frank Delaney — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen links incest to avarice.

Re:Joyce Episode 344 - Cornjobbers & Gross Virgins

Frank Delaney — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:06:36 +0000

Stephen tallies Shakespeare's deep resources.

Re:Joyce Episode 343 - Family Fortunes

Frank Delaney — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen describes the Shakespeare clan.

Re:Joyce Episode 342 - Giglots & Gombeens

Frank Delaney — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Shakespeare in love, sacred and profane.

Re:Joyce Episode 341 - Insults and Insinuations

Frank Delaney — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Buck derogates and Stephen soars.

Re:Joyce Episode 340 - Parodies & Pints

Frank Delaney — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Buck Mulligan trashes the Playboy.

Re:Joyce Episode 339 - The Colors of Mockery

Frank Delaney — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Was Hamlet a woman? Or an Irishman?

Re:Joyce - Episode 338: The Buck Returns

Frank Delaney — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen's tormentor is back!

Re:Joyce Episode 337 - Lords of Language

Frank Delaney — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen shows Shakespearean sympathies.

Re:Joyce Episode 336 - Moles & Wild Oats

Frank Delaney — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen has a lot to say.

Re:Joyce Episode 335 - Mummies & Dirty Looks

Frank Delaney — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen reflects on ancient thoughts.

Re:Joyce Episode 334 - Name-Dropping

Frank Delaney — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen is not yet among the new poetic voices.

Re:Joyce Episode 333 - Hermetists & Tongue-Twisters

Frank Delaney — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen's twixt Shakespeare and Theosophy.

Re:Joyce Episode 332 - Errors & Bosh

Frank Delaney — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen famously opens portals of discovery.

Re:Joyce Episode 331 - Green Room Gossip

Frank Delaney — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen launches his Shakespeare theory

Re:Joyce Episode 330 - Ghostly Stuff

Frank Delaney — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen's theory moves toward lift-off.

Re:Joyce Episode 329 - Buttocks & Beggars

Frank Delaney — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 04:00:00 +0000

In the library Stephen listens.

Re:Joyce Episode 328A - Manuscript Matters

Frank Delaney — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 04:00:00 +0000

In the writing of Ulysses handwriting took on new meaning.

Re:Joyce Episode 328 - Erotic & Esoteric

Frank Delaney — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 04:00:00 +0000

In the library Stephen theosophizes.

Re:Joyce Episode 327 - Rocks & Hard Places

Frank Delaney — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Who - or what - are Scylla and Charybdis?

Re:Joyce Episode 326 – Flesh and the Fear of Flesh

Frank Delaney — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom has to run and hide.

Re:Joyce Episode 325 - Seeing Eyes & Striplings

Frank Delaney — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom is a decent fellow.

Re:Joyce Episode 324 - Tarts & Garters

Frank Delaney — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Can Mr. Bloom arrest his anguished thoughts?

Re:Joyce Episode 323 - Hiccups & Horse Races

Frank Delaney — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Enter some sober minor characters.

Re:Joyce Episode 322 - Gossip & Grog

Frank Delaney — Fri, 27 May 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Is Mr. Bloom really a Freemason?

Re:Joyce Episode 321 - Bottoms Up!

Frank Delaney — Wed, 25 May 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom enjoys voluptuous memories.

Re:Joyce Episode 320 - Seafood & Stuff

Frank Delaney — Wed, 18 May 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom is melancholy about oysters.

Re:Joyce Episode 319 - Blushing & Boxing

Frank Delaney — Wed, 11 May 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom has to listen to some unwelcome chatter.

Re:Joyce Episode 318 - Cheese & Wine

Frank Delaney — Wed, 04 May 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Mr Bloom orders lunch and fights off malice.

Re:Joyce Episode 317 - Street Eating

Frank Delaney — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom has a strange, futuristic view of dining.

Re:Joyce Episode 316 - Swillings & Smells

Frank Delaney — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom is too disgusted for words.

Re:Joyce Episode 315 - Pincushions & Pantaloons

Frank Delaney — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom fights melancholy with silk.

Re:Joyce Episode 314 - Parallax & Poetry

Frank Delaney — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom tries a little magic experiment.

Re:Joyce Episode 313 - A Two-Headed Octopus

Frank Delaney — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom overhears a mysterious, passing conversation.

Re:Joyce Episode 312A - The Dancing Soul

Frank Delaney — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 12:54:01 +0000

The light of James Joyce's life, his daughter, Lucia.

Re:Joyce Episode 312 - Mooching Loonies

Frank Delaney — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Is Mr. Bloom having a sugar dip?

Re:Joyce Episode 311 - The Hidden Hand

Frank Delaney — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Wading beneath the surface of Ulysses...

Re:Joyce Episode 310 - Plumpness & Pigeons

Frank Delaney — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom contemplates pregnancies.

Re:Joyce Episode 309 - Different Women

Frank Delaney — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 04:00:00 +0000

A hint of the kinky in Mr. Bloom.

Re:Joyce Episode 308 - Character Driven

Frank Delaney — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Meet Cashel Boyle O'Connor Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell.

Re:Joyce Episode 307 - Pastry & Pregnancy

Frank Delaney — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom displays compassion.

Re:Joyce Episode 306 - Wide Eyes & New Moons

Frank Delaney — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom meets a pretty old friend.

Re:Joyce Episode 305 - Frogs & Stays

Frank Delaney — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom has fond memories.

Re:Joyce Episode 304 Fun in High Hats

Frank Delaney — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 05:00:00 +0000

The sandwich men are here!

Re:Joyce Episode 303 - Wit & Social Disease

Frank Delaney — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 05:00:00 +0000

An advertisement worries Mr. Bloom.

Re:Joyce Episode 302 - Gulls & Guinness

Frank Delaney — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom feeds the birds.

Re:Joyce Episode 301 - Lestrygonians

Frank Delaney — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 05:00:00 +0000

And on we go - into Chapter Eight.

Re:Joyce Episode 300 - Falling Winds

Frank Delaney — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Quiet departure from the cave of the winds.

Re:Joyce Episode 299 - Plum Lines

Frank Delaney — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Will the editor print Stephen's tale?

Re-Joyce Episode 298 - Fundamental Osculation

Frank Delaney — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 05:00:00 +0000

The Father of the Winds asks to be kissed.

Re:Joyce Episode 297 - Dubliners Redux

Frank Delaney — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Stephen begins to tell a story.

Re:Joyce Episode 296A - The Blooming Year

Frank Delaney — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 05:00:00 +0000

For New Year's Day a Baker's Dozen Special Edition on the year of Leopold Bloom.

Re:Joyce Episode 296 - Tara to Troy

Frank Delaney — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Stephen listens, then leads

Re:Joyce Episode 295 - Ancient Orators

Frank Delaney — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Stephen listens to echoes of Egypt

Re:Joyce Episode 294 - Mastermystics & Morale

Frank Delaney — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Moses enters Stephen's life.

Re:Joyce Episode 293 - Paradise & Powerful Men

Frank Delaney — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Stephen's in a world of fine words.

Re:Joyce Episode 292 - Silver Tongues & Skin-the-Goat

Frank Delaney — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Stephen watches a code being cracked.

Re:Joyce Episode 291 - A Murder Story

Frank Delaney — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Stephen is encouraged to emulate.

Re:Joyce Episode 290 - Lists & Limericks

Frank Delaney — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 05:00:00 +0000

It's time for bad, very bad, jokes.

Re:Joyce Episode 289 - Of Soup & Sin

Frank Delaney — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 05:00:00 +0000

The radiance of the intellect.

Re:Joyce Episode 288 - Tobacco & Tweeds

Frank Delaney — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 19:22:08 +0000

And guess who's back in the game?

Re:Joyce Episode 287 - A Little Mazurka

Frank Delaney — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom has a funny walk.

Re:Joyce Episode 286 - Flossing & Fretting

Frank Delaney — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Vested interests in the editor's office.

Re:Joyce Episode 285 - Part Two

Frank Delaney — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 20:29:01 +0000

A continuation of Wednesday's half-upload!

Re:Joyce Episode 285 Part One - Welsh Combs & Feathery Hair

Frank Delaney — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 20:37:28 +0000

In this throaty half-podcast Mr. Bloom reflects on a baker.

Re:Joyce Episode 285

Frank Delaney — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 04:00:00 +0000

A Placeholder, because Frank's voice isn't working to day: listen…

Re:Joyce Episode 284 - Barristers & Bosky Groves

Frank Delaney — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom hears more purple prose.

Re:Joyce - Episode 283: Pensive Bosoms & Purple Prose

Frank Delaney — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom walks into a difficult room.

Re:Joyce Episode 282 - Stories & Soap

Frank Delaney — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Memory matters for Mr. Bloom.

Re:Joyce Episode 281 - Spellingbees & Slithery Sounds

Frank Delaney — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom considers words and noises.

Re:Joyce Episode 280A: The Mysterious Mr. Macintosh

Frank Delaney — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 04:00:00 +0000

A Baker's Dozen Special Edition on Joyce's flummoxing riddle.

Re:Joyce Episode 280 - Keys & Clankings

Frank Delaney — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom, amid noise, gets a result.

Re:Joyce Episode 279 - Flatulence & Debt Collecting

Frank Delaney — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom ponders journals and journalists

Re:Joyce Episode 278 - A Stately Savior

Frank Delaney — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom sees a distinguished gentleman.

Re:Joyce Episode 277 - Blow Ye Breezes

Frank Delaney — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Chapter 7 begins: In the Cave of the Winds

Re:Joyce Episode 276 - Dented Hats & Dislikes

Frank Delaney — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:29:15 +0000

Mr. Bloom gets little thanks for a sartorial correction.

Re:Joyce Episode 275 - GreatGrandfather Rat

Frank Delaney — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom sees a rat and is gloomy.

Re:Joyce Episode 274 - A Touch of the Immortal

Frank Delaney — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom, in the cemetery, imagines alternative commemorations.

Re:Joyce Episode 273 - What's in a Name?

Frank Delaney — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 04:00:00 +0000

A great and famous confusion begins.

Re: Joyce Episode 272 - Frying Pans & Fires

Frank Delaney — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 04:01:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom ponders death and mortality.

Re:Joyce Episode 271 - Trestles & Tweed Suits

Frank Delaney — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:03:30 +0000

Mr. Bloom, at the graveside, observes many things.

Re:Joyce Episode 270 - The Mysterious Man in the Macintosh

Frank Delaney — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Do we have a solution to Joyce's long-perplexing mystery?

Re:Joyce Episode 269 - Ageing & Fertilizing

Frank Delaney — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 04:05:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom wonders whether our dead bodies can produce good food.

Re: Joyce Episode 268 Jealousy & Diplomacy

Frank Delaney — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 04:03:00 +0000

Mr. Boom sees an old love-rival, who doesn't like him.

Re:Joyce Episode 267 Of Boats and Pumps

Frank Delaney — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 04:01:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom finds he is not alone in the cemetery.

Re:Joyce- Episode 266: Lilting Sepulchres

Frank Delaney — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:41:22 +0000

Is Mr. Bloom being inappropriate at a funeral?

Re:Joyce Episode 265 - It's a Gas, Gas, Gas!

Frank Delaney — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom contemplates noxious vapors.

Re:Joyce - Episode 264A: Weaver's Work

Frank Delaney — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Considers the woman whose private fortune supported James Joyce for over twenty years.

Re:Joyce Episode 264 - Boots, Beds & Bald Heads

Frank Delaney — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom prepares some condolences.

Re:Joyce - Episode 263.1 - Stiffness and Mutes

Frank Delaney — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 04:00:00 +0000

In this new, extra edition, Mr. Bloom has some jagged thoughts.

Re:Joyce Episode 263 - Cemetery Thoughts

Frank Delaney — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom contemplates grave matters.

Re:Joyce Episode 262 - A Little Murder

Frank Delaney — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom hears a good legal principle.

Re:Joyce Episode 261 Canal Water Preferably

Frank Delaney — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 04:01:00 +0000

re:Joyce Episode 260 - Deadly Thoughts

Frank Delaney — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 04:00:00 +0000

re:Joyce Episode 259 - The Fifth Quarter

Frank Delaney — Thu, 28 May 2015 15:23:35 +0000

Mr. Bloom considers the further uses of cattle.

re: Joyce 258, Kellys & Cattle

Frank Delaney — Wed, 20 May 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom reflects on old songs and unfortunate hospital names.

re: Joyce 257, Fast Cars & Hairy Ears

Frank Delaney — Wed, 13 May 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom recalls a coroner and funeral hurries on.

re: Joyce 256, Malice Aforethought

Frank Delaney — Wed, 06 May 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom's fellow-travelers make a gaffe - or is it deliberate?

re: Joyce 255, Re: Hearses

Frank Delaney — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom contemplates the colors of burial.

re: Joyce 254, Street Smarts

Frank Delaney — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom's mental travelog through Dublin continues.

re: Joyce 253, Vino & Veritas

Frank Delaney — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 04:00:00 +0000

In which we find a cure for a drunk's red nose.

re: Joyce 252A, A Baker's Dozen Special Edition

Frank Delaney — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 04:00:00 +0000

The Story So Far - revisiting Chapters 1 to 5.

re: Joyce 252, Tales of the Riverbank

Frank Delaney — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom is subjected to rudeness.

re: Joyce 251, Moneylenders & Mirth

Frank Delaney — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Will the real Reuben Dodd please stand up?

re: Joyce 250, Sombre Pedestals

Frank Delaney — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 04:00:00 +0000

The funeral rolls on past distinguished statues.

re: Joyce 249, Silent Ripostes

Frank Delaney — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom keeps his thoughts to himself as he moves away from a taunt.

re: Joyce 248, Second Thoughts

Frank Delaney — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 04:00:00 +0000

As Mr. Bloom shows tact, James Joyce shows his own changing mind.

re: Joyce 247, Art Versus Life

Frank Delaney — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Joyce's life echoes Mr. Bloom's.

re: Joyce 246, Bleak As Blazes

Frank Delaney — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 05:00:00 +0000

In which a major player in Mr Bloom's anguish steps onstage.

re: Joyce 245, Points of Interest

Frank Delaney — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Discover how and where the four men are sitting in the carriage.

re: Joyce 244, Sadness & Woe

Frank Delaney — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom reads the Hatches, Matches & Dispatches.

re: Joyce 243, Pecking Orders & Pomposity

Frank Delaney — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 05:00:00 +0000

In a funeral carriage we see Mr. Bloom being snubbed.

re: Joyce 242, Dogs' Homes & Gasworks

Frank Delaney — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000

During a halt in the funeral Mr. Bloom reminisces...

re: Joyce 241, Carriage Trade

Frank Delaney — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000

The funeral-goers uncover some of their carriage's past life.

re: Joyce 240A, Reading Joyce

Frank Delaney — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000

In response to a listener (and donor) some suggestions on how to read the works of James Joyce.

re: Joyce 240, Cease to do Evil

Frank Delaney — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Sad thoughts for Mr. Bloom, as he recalls a better occasion.

re: Joyce 239, Breadcrumbs & Bastards

Frank Delaney — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Simon Dedalus, Stephen's father, threatens dire action against Buck Mulligan.

re: Joyce 238, Fidus Achates

Frank Delaney — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 05:00:00 +0000

In which Mr. Bloom sees for the first time Stephen Dedalus.

re: Joyce 237, The road to Hell

Frank Delaney — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 05:00:00 +0000

The carriage moves off, the funeral begins.

re: Joyce 236, Funeral Pace

Frank Delaney — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 05:00:00 +0000

We begin a new chapter and go to a funeral.

re: Joyce 235, Farewell the Lotus

Frank Delaney — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Chapter Five ends in a bath-tub: or does it?

re: Joyce 234, Lingering Lotus-Eaters

Frank Delaney — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom considers the game of cricket and a ballad.

re: Joyce 233, Sports & Porters

Frank Delaney — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom thinks he can do better.

re: Joyce 232, The Throwaway Factor

Frank Delaney — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:00:00 +0000

The beginning of a wonderful long-running joke.

re: Joyce 231, Waxes & Warts

Frank Delaney — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom considers hemophilia and lemony soap.

re: Joyce 230, Skinfood

Frank Delaney — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom shows an understanding of nettles and oatmeal and rainwater

re: Joyce 229, Poppysyrups & Poisons

Frank Delaney — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom entertains deep thoughts about healing potions.

re: Joyce 228, Pestle and Mortar

Frank Delaney — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom peers into the history and mystery of alchemy.

re: Joyce 227, Furtive Hands

Frank Delaney — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom adjusts his clothing and steps out into the light.

re: Joyce 226, Browbeatings & Buzz

Frank Delaney — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom dwells on lofty priests and lowlife pickpockets.

re: Joyce 225, Whispers of Remorse

Frank Delaney — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom and the wonders of the confessional.

re: Joyce 224A, Throwing the Book at Him

Frank Delaney — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 04:00:00 +0000

In this Baker's Dozen special edition hear about two new and compelling books of Joyceana.

re: Joyce 224, Eunuchs & Liqueurs

Frank Delaney — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom contemplates high voices and fancy drinks.

re: Joyce 223, Mozart or Muller

Frank Delaney — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom loves the sound of his wife's glorious voice.

re: Joyce 222, Wine & Spirits

Frank Delaney — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom attempts some democratic thoughts on Catholic worship.

re: Joyce 221, Character & Assassination

Frank Delaney — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom has a few scathing thoughts on Catholics and their standards.

re: Joyce 220, Bread & Bleeding Statues

Frank Delaney — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom's irreverent thoughts extend to irreverent events.

re: Joyce 219, Cannibals and Corpses

Frank Delaney — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Joyce, through Mr. Bloom's thoughts, offends the devout.

re: Joyce 218, Swimmers & Sodalities

Frank Delaney — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 04:00:00 +0000

I find interesting connections and mischievous irreverence.

re: Joyce 217, Jesuits & Jossticks

Frank Delaney — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom contemplates some world religions.

re: Joyce 216A, The Birth of Dubliners

Frank Delaney — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Frank's centenary talk for the Rosenbacchanal dinner in Philadelphia on Friday 13 June 2014.

re: Joyce 216, Pools and Swirls

Frank Delaney — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom contemplates a virtual flood of dark brew.

re: Joyce 215, Stout Fun

Frank Delaney — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr Bloom considers valuable signatures and barrels of Guinness

re: Joyce 214, Cool Waters

Frank Delaney — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 04:00:00 +0000

A woman with a jar of cool water in her head? Does Mr. Bloom imagine it?

re: Joyce 213, Martha & Mary

Frank Delaney — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom has his own, somewhat questionable, version of the famous scene from the Gospels.

re: Joyce 212, Pinpoints

Frank Delaney — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom reflects on roughness, roses and thorns.

re: Joyce 211, The Flowers That Bloom

Frank Delaney — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom considers floriography.

re: Joyce 210, Matters of Correction

Frank Delaney — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom reads his erotic correspondence and we learn a little more about him.

re: Joyce 209, Petals & Pussycats

Frank Delaney — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom looks at a wise cat and opens his breathtaking letter.

re: Joyce 208, Taws & Dobbers

Frank Delaney — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom, in search of a quiet corner, causes rudery to be unveiled.

re: Joyce 207, Nags & Nosebags

Frank Delaney — Wed, 28 May 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom contemplates the peaceful lives of horses.

re: Joyce 206, Stage Stars & Sadness

Frank Delaney — Wed, 21 May 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom looks into the distance and recalls his poor father.

re: Joyce 205, Soft Soap & Smallpox

Frank Delaney — Wed, 14 May 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom, pleased at having vanquished McCoy, now worries about vaccination.

re: Joyce 204 A, Location, Location, Location

Frank Delaney — Fri, 09 May 2014 04:00:00 +0000

In this Baker's Dozen essay Frank looks at some of the places in Homer's Greece that connect to Joyce's Dublin.

re: Joyce 204, Funeral Tricks

Frank Delaney — Wed, 07 May 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom agrees to oblige Mr. McCoy at a funeral.

re: Joyce 203, Portmanteaus & Potted Meat

Frank Delaney — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom gets wise to a luggage scam.

re: Joyce 202, Silk Stockings & Esprit de Corps

Frank Delaney — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom is hoping for something shocking but Life gets in the way.

re: Joyce 201, Foosterings & Fallbacks

Frank Delaney — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom is irritated by impediments to his lovely, rich-woman fantasy.

re: Joyce 200, Rich Fantasy

Frank Delaney — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom sees a rich lady, but is she too far above him?

re: Joyce 199, The Real McCoy

Frank Delaney — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr Blooms wants to read his secret letter but he's interrupted.

re: Joyce 198, Soldiering On

Frank Delaney — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom has scathing thoughts on the men in uniform.

re: Joyce 197, The Language of Flowers

Frank Delaney — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Frank stalks Mr. Bloom to the Post Office and finds that he uses a false name!

re: Joyce 196, A Touch of Eureka

Frank Delaney — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom is caught between Newton and Archimedes.

re: Joyce 195, Leaves of Life

Frank Delaney — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom thinks how sweet it would be to do nothing.

re: Joyce 194, Hatbands & Heat

Frank Delaney — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom has a secret and Joyce has a very good joke.

re: Joyce 193, Funeral Music

Frank Delaney — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom hears an undertaker's song.

re: Joyce 192a, Love & Ulysses

Frank Delaney — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0000

a Baker's Dozen edition for St. Valentine's day, Frank considers the love story at the heart of Joyce's greatest work

re: Joyce 192, Hitting the Streets

Frank Delaney — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 04:13:29 +0000

The beginning of Chapter Five: Mr. Bloom goes forth.

re: Joyce 191, Bowels & Bells

Frank Delaney — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom is bodily refreshed and summoned by bells.

re: Joyce 190, Mona Lisa Molly

Frank Delaney — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:00:00 +0000

How do you connect Leonardo da Vinci to Disney's dancing hippos?

re: Joyce 189, Of Cabbages & Combs

Frank Delaney — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 05:00:00 +0000

The Literary Ambitions of Leopold Bloom.

re: Joyce 188, Take it Easy, Mr. B.

Frank Delaney — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Warning! TMI on the way - Mr. Bloom is in the toilet.

re: Joyce 187, Bath Times & Braces

Frank Delaney — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom goes about his morning duty.

re: Joyce 186, Garden Blooms

Frank Delaney — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom takes the air and considers his estates.

re: Joyce 185, Backdoor Business

Frank Delaney — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Can Mr. Bloom's cat forecast the weather?

re: Joyce 184, Kisses & Qualms

Frank Delaney — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Is Mr. Bloom going to lose his daughter as well as his wife?

re: Joyce 183, Daughters & Sons

Frank Delaney — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom reflects on having a teenage daughter.

re: Joyce 182, A Touch Toothsome

Frank Delaney — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 05:00:00 +0000

What a delicious breakfast a kidney makes.

re: Joyce 181, Naked Nymphs

Frank Delaney — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom's soft porn stirs his thoughts of reincarnation.

re: Joyce 180A, Hitting a Homer

Frank Delaney — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Frank's bonus edition looks at the man who wrote The Odyssey. Or did he? And was it a man?

re: Joyce 180, Circus Lives

Frank Delaney — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom's interest is whipped up by Ruby, the Pride of the Ring.

re: Joyce 179, Garters & Greek

Frank Delaney — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Do we hear a different kind of chamber music?

re: Joyce 178, Molly & Mozart

Frank Delaney — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Poor Mr. Bloom fears the local Don Giovanni.

re: Joyce 177, Breakfast in Bed

Frank Delaney — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom prepares a tray and keeps it in the family.

re: Joyce 176, Milly & Moustaches

Frank Delaney — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom has fond but slightly unhealthy memories of birthday gifts.

re: Joyce 175, Cats & Kosher

Frank Delaney — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom prepares breakfast but will the cat eat pork?

re: Joyce 174, Morning Sadness

Frank Delaney — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom delivers the mail and a pain to his own heart.

re: Joyce 173, Salt & Strong Men

Frank Delaney — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Bloom's mood changes: he seems to have a cloud over him...

re: Joyce 173, Salt & Strong Men

Frank Delaney — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Bloom's mood changes: he seems to have a cloud over him...

re: Joyce 172, Hunchbacks & Hags

Frank Delaney — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom experiences a mood change - he's literally under a cloud.

re: Joyce 171, Perfect Oranges

Frank Delaney — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom reminisces about Jewish friends and their harvest festivals.

re: Joyce 170, Olives & Opportunity

Frank Delaney — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom, walking along the street, contemplates the sale of olive groves in the Middle East.

re: Joyce 169, Prime Meat and Policemen

Frank Delaney — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Mr Bloom thinks about the girl next door, but her boyfriend is a cop.

re: Joyce 168-A, Matters of Character

Frank Delaney — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 04:00:00 +0000

The twelfth of Frank's "Baker's Dozen" podcast mini-essays; and this time he gives some added background to the major characters in Ulysses.

re: Joyce 168, Make Mine Meat

Frank Delaney — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Who's telling this story - Mr. Bloom or Mr. Joyce?

re: Joyce 167, Kidneys & Carpetbeaters

Frank Delaney — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 04:00:00 +0000

A girl in the butcher's shop excites Leopold Bloom.

re: Joyce 166, Baloney & Geography

Frank Delaney — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Leopold Bloom licks his lips at sausages and hears children singing.

re: Joyce 165, Dribs & Drabs

Frank Delaney — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 04:30:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom calculates how a barman rises to own a pub.

re: Joyce 164, Cuteness & Codgers

Frank Delaney — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:30:00 +0000

A barman makes an astounding declaration to Mr. Bloom

Re: Joyce, Episode 163: Ginger & Porter

Frank Delaney — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom ponders the sunburst, the bank of Ireland, and independence, among other things.

re: Joyce 162, Danders & Dulcimers

Frank Delaney — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom imagines sweet music, and we think of a sweet sad song.

re: Joyce 161, Bread & Sherbet

Frank Delaney — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:40:12 +0000

Mr. Bloom is musing on exotic flavors of the east, and crusty hot bread from Dublin

re: Joyce 160, Potatoes & Keys

Frank Delaney — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 06:30:00 +0000

Mr. Bloom leaves home, but how will he get back in again?

re: Joyce 159, Stamps & Hatbands

Frank Delaney — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +0000

As Mr. Bloom prepares breakfast for his wife, he thinks of her father, the Major.

re: Joyce 158, Enter Mr Bloom

Frank Delaney — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:00 +0000

We meet one of literature's most famous and delightful characters, Leopold Bloom of Eccles Street Dublin.

re: Joyce 157, Proteus Redux

Frank Delaney — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Frank casts a brief backward glance over ChapterThree.

re: Joyce 156A, Now Read...

Frank Delaney — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Yet another Baker's Dozen edition: The Introduction from the brand-new eBook, re: Joyce Volume One, which contains the transcripts of the first dozen podcasts.

re: Joyce 156, Shells & Ships

Frank Delaney — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:00:00 +0000

In which Stephen, his teeth bothering him, leaves Sandymount Strand as Chapter Three ends.

re: Joyce 155, Lucifer & Lord Byron

Frank Delaney — Wed, 29 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Here we have a delightfully tricky cluster of references that range from Satan to a horse race in France.

re: Joyce 154, The Rattle of Change

Frank Delaney — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen has a few zombie thoughts about how a corpse will be changed by the sea.

re: Joyce 153 Weaving Waves

Frank Delaney — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen listens to the rhythm of the waves and thinks of weavers at the loom.

re: Joyce 152, Water Music

Frank Delaney — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen makes a contribution to the seven seas.

re: Joyce 151 Boots & Shoes

Frank Delaney — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen considers having put himself in other people's shoes.

re: Joyce 150, High Noon

Frank Delaney — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen has an unhealthy thought for the Book of Genesis.

re: Joyce 149, Touch & Go

Frank Delaney — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Touch & Go, Stephen dreams of yellow stockings and apple dumplings.

re: Joyce 148, Sex & Stereoscopes

Frank Delaney — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000

In which Stephen, naughty boy, takes the meaning of "ineluctable" a little farther.

re Joyce 147, Shovel Hats & Shadows

Frank Delaney — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000

In chapter 3 Frank discusses emblematic illustrations, bishops, religion and Aristotle.

re: Joyce 146, Seeing Stars

Frank Delaney — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 +0000

As Stephen continues to write poetry we learn of Cassiopeia, augurs and their flights of birds, along with Freud, Jung, and Telemachus.

re: Joyce 145, Taking Note

Frank Delaney — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Frank discusses two quotes, one simple, one opaque, the latter filled with hidden symbolism, sexual desire and the connections that make them sing.

re: Joyce 144-A, Who is Sylvia?

Frank Delaney — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:30:00 +0000

Frank talks about Sylvia Beach and her part in brining Ulysses to the world.

re: Joyce 144, Womb to Tomb

Frank Delaney — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Frank discusses Joycean phrases including "Pin it Down" along with actor Kevin Spacey.

re: Joyce 143, Kissing

Frank Delaney — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Stephen still on Sandymount. "Omnis caro ad te veniet." A pale vampire, and Douglas Hyde. Hamlet's tablets.

re: Joyce 142: Blood & Candles

Frank Delaney — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:30:00 +0000

Still Proteus, still on Sandymount Strand, Stephen watches the "gypsy woman" pass. The handmaid of the moon. Bride-, child-, and death-beds.

re: Joyce 141, Prince of Tides

Frank Delaney — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:30:00 +0000

The couple passes Stephen on the beach, and he wonders if the woman wonders about him - or his hat. Saint James, Hamlet, and Eve.

re: Joyce 140: Prayers & Slang

Frank Delaney — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:30:00 +0000

A bit of song: The Rogue's Delight and The Canting Academy. Morose delectation. Stephen muses on monkwords versus roguewords.

re: Joyce 139: Bussing & Wapping

Frank Delaney — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:30:00 +0000

Stephen contemplates the lingo of rogues, and Frank introduces us to Thomas Harman and Richard Head.

re: Joyce 138: Egyptians & Cant

Frank Delaney — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:30:00 +0000

The cocklepickers become Gypsies in Stephen's mind. Bing awast to Romeville.

re: Joyce 137: Dream On!

Frank Delaney — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:03:39 +0000

Stephen's dream, almost. Haroun al Raschid. Adverb becomes verb.

re: Joyce 136: Panther and Paws

Frank Delaney — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:30:00 +0000

The dogs digs; Thomas Gray's Elegy. Spouse-breach and pards, and Brunetto Latini's Tesoretto.

re: Joyce 135: Cocklepickers and Dogsbodies

Frank Delaney — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:30:00 +0000

Tatters, the cocklepickers' dog, encounters a fallen comrade on Sandymount Strand and is called away. In Memoriam.

re: Joyce 134: Of Mice and Morse

Frank Delaney — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 05:30:00 +0000

Still on Sandymount Strand: a dog, depicted with a painter's eye, barks at the sea. Heraldry. Seamorse… or seamouse?

re: Joyce 133: Cool, Cool Water

Frank Delaney — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 05:30:00 +0000

Stephen thinks of drowning, and his mother's death. Tide and change.

re: Joyce 132A: Re: Joyce for Christmas

Frank Delaney — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode a few days before Christmas, Frank discusses the final tale of The Dubliners: The Dead.

re: Joyce 132: Barking at Boccaccio

Frank Delaney — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:30:00 +0000

Stephen, dwelling on insults, thinks of the Decameron - and of his own failures of courage and athleticism.

re: Joyce 131: Whales & Gigolos

Frank Delaney — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:03:36 +0000

Still on the same paragraph, Frank considers Walter Harris's The History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin as a source for Joyce. Moving on, the dog barks, and Stephen imagines himself a stag at bay. Famous pretenders.

Re: Joyce 130: Torcs & Tomahawks

Frank Delaney — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:30:00 +0000

A running dog on the beach. Stephen thinks of Lochland raiders, and of ancient Dubliners attacking beached turlehide whales.

Re: Joyce 129: Teeth & Bones

Frank Delaney — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:30:00 +0000

Just over halfway through Chapter 3, Proteus, we continue last week's passage. Sir Lout the gigant, and a live dog.

Re: Joyce 128: Sand & Stone

Frank Delaney — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:30:00 +0000

Stephen ascends from the tide, in both thought and motion, but finds only weeds, rocks, and rats. Louis Veuillot on Gautier, and an Arabian tale of sand and stone that may or may not be off-topic.

Re: Joyce 127: Homeless With Hamlet

Frank Delaney — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:30:00 +0000

Stephen doesn't want to spend another night at Martello tower; luckily, his soul walks with him. Elsinore.

Re: Joyce 126: Time & Tide

Frank Delaney — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:30:00 +0000

A return from Paris to Sandymount Strand, and the Kish lightship. Depressions in sand and soul, and time passing.

Re: Joyce 125: Bombs & Ballads

Frank Delaney — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:47:36 +0000

Paris still remembered on the Strand. Kevin Egan used to be a fine figure of a boy. Old bombs, old exiles, and old songs - and we're done with kevin Egan.

Re: Joyce 124: Betrayals and Disguises

Frank Delaney — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:30:00 +0000

Continuing a paragraph, Kevin Egan in the Paris of Stephen's memory. Victoria and Maud Gonne, Millevoye and Faure. Bathtime. Next paragraph: the bomber smokes, and muses on the jailbreak of James Stephens.

Re: Joyce 123: Matadors & Shepherds

Frank Delaney — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:30:00 +0000

Conversations in Paris. Dalcassians, Arthur Griffith, pimander. Stephen as his father's son in Kevin Egan's eyes. A shirt tells a story.

Re: Joyce 122: Fairies and Cheese

Frank Delaney — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:17:37 +0000

Stephen still remembers Paris with Kevin Egan and Patrice: gunpowder cigarettes, absinthe, milk, coffee, and postprandials.

Re: Joyce 121: Lovers and Tarts

Frank Delaney — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:49:04 +0000

The smell of Paris, a sensual meditation, and a bit of French farce. Giacomo Joyce.

Episode 120a: Five More Dubliners

Frank Delaney — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Frank takes a look at four more stories from The Dubliners in this poorly-named episode: A Painful Case, Ivy Day in the Committee Room, A Mother, and Grace.

Episode 20: Farls and Absinthe

Frank Delaney — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Pained memories, and a song. Sense-memories of Paris.

Episode 119: Sadness and Souvenirs

Frank Delaney — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:55:20 +0000

Columbanus, Fiacre, and Scotus. Stephen's return from Paris, with dirty magazines and a fateful telegram.

Episode 118: Shooting & Shaking

Frank Delaney — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen's remembered self, still in Paris, walks like the dispossessed - and murders in his mind. The Linati schema.

Episode 117: Puce in Paris

Frank Delaney — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Nostalgia for Paris: medical studies and cheap stew, ticket stubs and alibis.

Episode 116, Rabbits & Geese

Frank Delaney — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Thinking of Paris and Irish expatriates: Patrice, dynamite, and wild geese. The Michelet view of women, and a little French dialogue.

Re: Joyce 115: French Fun

Frank Delaney — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:30:00 +0000

Stephen is not going to his aunt's house after all. Kevin Egan, and the works of the blasphemous M. Leo Taxil.

Episode 114: Nets and Shells

Frank Delaney — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Musings on the sand, shells, lost ships, and sewage. A stogged bottle, and Christ imagery on a clothesline.

Episode 113: Under a Cloud

Frank Delaney — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen imagines his writings lasting an epoch, a mahamanvantara. Then: back to the third-person narrative of grainy sand and squeaking pebbles.

Episode 112: Epiphany Time

Frank Delaney — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Still Chapter 3, on the Sandymount Strand. Stephen reflects on his childhood reading habits, literary ambitions, and private conceits.

Episode 111: Naked Women

Frank Delaney — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen will never be a saint, for various reasons.

Episode 110: Razors & Nonsense

Frank Delaney — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Still on Sandymount Strand. "Dan" Occam, the invincible doctor. Imagined bells and twinned principles.

Episode 109: Menace and Echo

Frank Delaney — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Priests move through Stephen's mind, in the sort of passage that got Joyce in trouble. Three bells mark three Eucharists.

Episode 108a: More Dubliners

Frank Delaney — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Frank delves into the second five stories of the Dubliners.

Episode 108: Bald Heads and Lantern Jaws

Frank Delaney — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:30:00 +0000

Stephen recalls friends and priests by nickname, and considers Jaochim Abbas, that old heretic.

Episode 107: Heretics and Houyhnhnms

Frank Delaney — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen ponders his family's fall from grace. Joachim Abbas. Frank unpacks "the rabble."

Episode 106: Whiskey and Whistling

Frank Delaney — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:00:00 +0000

In Stephen's mind (still on Sandymount Strand), his uncle offers him food and drink, of a sorts. Second-hand opera, and a note of warning.

Episode 105a: Meeting Joyce

Frank Delaney — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:00:00 +0000

A special episode celebrates Bloomsday 2012 on June 16. Frank introduces us to the first five stories of Dubliners as a way of "getting into Joyce."

Episode 105: Irish Bull

Frank Delaney — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:00:00 +0000

An imagined domestic scene, mock heroism, and Stephen's nuncle. Differing versions of the text, and contradictions. Names unpacked, and a poignant poem.

Episode 104: A Little Swearing

Frank Delaney — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:09:08 +0000

In Stephen's mind, his father continues to mock his mother's family, and Stephen visits his uncle's cottage.

Episode 103: Cost Accountants and Cornet Players

Frank Delaney — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:06:50 +0000

Sandymount Strand. Stephen's thoughts: his father's voice editorializes on his mother's family. To illuminate, Frank calls on the Iliad, and Thersites's rant against Agamemnon.

Episode 102: Taking the Air

Frank Delaney — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:48:00 +0000

Chapter 3 continues along Sandymount Strand. Wind and waves, Hamlet, and a god of the sea.

Episode 101: Who Is Arius?

Frank Delaney — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen on the nature of the trinity, and the fate of heresiarchs. Contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality.

Episode 100: Carnival Knowledge

Frank Delaney — Wed, 09 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Still on Sandymount Strand. Stephen ponders his own origins and, for the first time, reflects on his father.

Episdode 99: Madam, I'm Adam

Frank Delaney — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Still on the beach, Stephen muses on Eve, bellybuttons, bucklers, and a good deal of poetry.

Episode 98: Something Binary

Frank Delaney — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen ascribes a crime to the midwife on the beach. A phonecall to the navel of the world.

Episode 97: Ladies and Liberties

Frank Delaney — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Chapter 3 returns to "normal" narrative for a moment. Women descend to the sea. Swinburne.

Episode 96a: Reading Lists

Frank Delaney — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:03:01 +0000

In this bonus episode, Frank describes Joyce's reading list, which owed so much to his Catholic education.

Episode 96: Pentameters and Prosody

Frank Delaney — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen parses the poetry of his own thoughts, and opens his eyes to see if the the world has persisted. It has.

Episode 95: Walking on Proust

Frank Delaney — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Stephen's thoughts echo his steps as he walks on shells. Frank digresses on Proust.