In 1920, Ulysses was effectively banned from publication in the United States when a New York court held that the serialized version then appearing in The Little Review was obscene. For the next thirteen years, the book remained in limbo, until another New York court finally ruled it a piece of literature that was unlikely to…Continue Reading Joyce in 100 Objects: How to Enjoy Ulysses
The “Ulysses” Contest: A Creative Writing Competition Sponsored by the James Joyce Quarterly Overview In September 1906, James Joyce finished work on “Grace,” one of the very last stories he drafted for what would become Dubliners. He then wrote to his brother Stanislaus that he was toying with an idea for one more tale. This…Continue Reading The “Ulysses” Contest: A Creative Writing Competition
PERSPECTIVES The Energy of Modernity: The 2016 Boston Joyce Forum, Boston College, 12 November 2016 Fabrizio Ciccione ARTICLES “Knowing Damn All About Banking Business”: Reopening James Joyce’s “Notes on Business and Commerce” Matthew Hayward “On Lifting the Lid of the Desk”: The Empty Spaces and Certain Circumstances of “A Painful Case” Tim Cook The “unfettered freedom” of…Continue Reading Volume 52.3-4
We’re excited to announce that we are making great progress on our next double-issue, volume 53 issue 3-4! To whet your appetite, here is a preview of the cover and the table of contents. …Continue Reading Sneak Peak: 52.3-4 Cover and Table of Contents
For the last several months, the James Joyce Quarterly, Booksmart Tulsa, and the Guthrie Green have been holding the Ulysses Recovered Book Cover contest, in which we invited artists to design new covers for the book we celebrate each year on Bloomsday. We are proud to kick off Bloomsday by announcing our two winners! Both winners…Continue Reading Announcement: Ulysses Recovered Book Cover Contest Winners
We know Joyce primarily as a prose writer and novelist, but he did publish two slight volumes of poetry: Chamber Music in 1907 and Pomes Penyeach in 1927. The latter contains thirteen short pieces of verse written roughly between 1904 and 1924. Ezra Pound found them generally unremarkable and though they contain a few linguistic…Continue Reading Joyce in 100 Objects: Pomes Penyeach
Our James Joyce in 100 Objects series continues this week with a copy of the scorching broadside, Gas from a Burner, written by Joyce as he left Ireland for the final time. In the late summer of 1912, he had traveled to his home city in an attempt to negotiate the publication of his beleaguered…Continue Reading Joyce in 100 Objects: Gas from a Burner
As part of our new digital initiative, the JJQ is delighted to announce the premiere of a photographic series titled “James Joyce in 100 Objects.” Initially, we’ll use this feature to share images and short descriptions of objects held by the McFarlin Library’s Special Collections at University of…Continue Reading New Features: “Joyce in 100 Objects” and Instagram Account
For this “Clever, Very” interview, Katherine Ryan spoke with us about her exploration of family and inheritance in her latest article, “Milly Bloom as Blind Spot in Ulysses“, which appears in the latest issue of the JJQ (52.1). Dr. Ryan is a Professor in English at the San Jacinto College in Houston, Texas. James Joyce Quarterly: In…Continue Reading Clever, Very: Katherine Ryan
Ulysses Recovered To celebrate Bloomsday 2017, the James Joyce Quarterly, Booksmart Tulsa, and the Guthrie Green are sponsoring a contest to design a new cover for Joyce’s Ulysses. We welcome entries in all languages and encourage experimentation with media, typography, and layout. Select designs will be featured on the JJQ website and displayed as part…Continue Reading Art Contest: Ulysses Recovered Book Cover Contest