A REVIEW OF PAUL AUSTER’S 4321
“On March 3, 1947, in the maternity ward of Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the one and only child of Stanley and Rose Ferguson, is born. From that single beginning, Ferguson’s life will take four simultaneous and independent fictional paths. Four Fergusons made of the same genetic material, four boys who are the same boy, will go on to lead four parallel and entirely different lives.”
ULYSSES ALIVE: A FIND AND A CHALLENGE
The quest to understand Joyce’s Ulysses continues! We came across a web site called BLOOMS AND BARNACLES, described as “a non-academic discussion of James Joyce and Ulysses”.
MEMORY AND MEMORIALS: COMMEMORATING THE IRISH FAMINE
Margaret Kelleher, Chair of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama at University College, Dublin addresses the challenge of how we choose to remember an event that has been called everything from an unfortunate tragedy to mass murder.
IN MEMORIAM: YVONNE CONSTANCE WALL
Yvonne Constance Wall
Born: June 14, 1937
Died: October 3, 2018
If I could summarise my perception of Yvonne’s life in a couple of words I would say “Absolute Contentment”.
TRICK OR TREAT? THE AWFUL DISCLOSURES OF MARIA MONK (1836)
When it was first published in 1836, The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk caused a literary and religious storm in Montreal, and abroad. Why? Because the book was purported to be a real account of a young woman’s trials as an ‘inmate’ of Montreal’s Hôtel Dieu nunnery.
VEGAN PUMPKIN BREAD
This vegan pumpkin bread is easy to make and doesn’t require any fancy or expensive ingredients. It’s perfect served with tea or coffee and nobody will know it’s vegan, unless you tell them!
10 REASONS TO BECOME A COLUM MCCANN FAN
Colum McCann is an Irish writer of literary fiction. His tales are easy to read, poetic even. Let the Great World Spin (2012) brought him international recognition and he has used his fame to create social change through storytelling.
Here are ten more reasons why I recommend him
ASMR AND JAMES JOYCE
Does Finnegans Wake have ASMR qualities?
The term “auto sensory meridian response” (ASMR) was coined by Jennifer Allen, a cybersecurity specialist, in a Facebook group she founded in 2010.
Because ASMR is still a fringe theory, a definitive definition of the phenomenon is hard to find. But, since the phenomenon has exploded on the internet, especially on YouTube and Facebook, you are probably already familiar with it to some extent.