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Portrait of the Lesbian as a Young Artist
Proust and James Joyce were particularly important in helping Alison Bechdel negotiate her complex relations with her father.
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Captain Nemo Invades New England
Snowstorm Nemo set in conjunction with Joyce’s “The Dead” leads to some interesting reflections.
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If They Lose, Irish Can Turn to Poetry
Even if they lose the national championship game, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame have Ireland’s poetic legacy to fall back on.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Easter 1916", "Irish Airman Foresees His Death", Alabama Crimson Tide, Dubliners, Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, Football, Jonathan Swift, Modest Proposal, Sports, Ulysses, William Butler Yeats Comments closed
From Spiritual Hunger to Obesity Epidemic
Spiritual Sunday My wife Julia has been telling me about a book that she’s reading, Geneen Roth’s Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything. The thesis of the book seems to be that overeating, like other compulsions and obsessions, is a means of escaping a spiritual emptiness. Or to put it another […]
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