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In Honor of Bloomsday…

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

A bit from my recent article for the Baffler. 75. Ulysses, James Joyce Strolling the streets of Zurich on a beautiful day, homburg hat set at a rakish angle, tapping along with his walking stick, Joyce is astonished as I walk up and, without warning, snap a right jab into his good eye. He leans [...]

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Science Fantasy

Monday, June 7, 2010

I’m compiling an early science fiction/fantasy collection for my son for when he gets older. I’ll have to include some selections from the Peguin Classics collection as well since Modern Library’s editions don’t always impress me. Modern Library combined “The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde,” for instance, with a bunch of other [...]

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