“Mr. Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liver slices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencod’s roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.”<\/em><\/p>\n

All the action in James Joyce’s novel Ulysses<\/a> <\/em>takes place on June 16th, 1904.<\/p>\n

Ergo we celebrate June 16th as Bloomsday<\/strong><\/span><\/a>— named for Ulysses<\/em>‘ protagonist, Mr. Leopold Bloom.<\/p>\n

Hear James Joyce read from Ulysses <\/em>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

June 16th from 7:00 PM – 2:00 AM, New York’s WBAI becomes Radio Bloomsday<\/a><\/strong> with readings from Ulysses<\/em> by Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Jerry Stiller, Marc Maron and many others.You can listen to it online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, you can check out a copy of the novel<\/a> from Odum Library, or read it for free online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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