In Bloom

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Tom Waits, but Brian Byrne doesn’t – An Irishman’s Diary on a set of new songs inspired by James... ‘Chamber Music Project’

Merry Bloomsday, y'all!

Merry Bloomsday! For Communion With Joyce, Raise A Sacramental Guinness To honor the day that James Joyce's character Leopold Bloom wandered the streets in Ulysses, fans the world over have found fitting ways to celebrate — boisterously, and often reverent with obscenity.

James Joyce - big in China. Maybe a new destiny for "In Bloom"?

James Joyce – big in China Finnegans Wake is a bestseller in China and Ulysses is the inspiration behind two successful plays. As Bloomsday approaches, Scarlett Baron considers his growing reputation in Beijing and beyond

Alfred Henry Hunter is the Dubliner long known to be the model for the hero of Joyce’s Ulysses, Leopold Bloom. In 1904, after rescuing Joyce from a drunken fight, Hunter took him home and showed him a paternal sympathy that resonated deeply with Joyce, who originally planned Ulysses as a short story. It expanded between 1914 and 1922, and the figure at its centre changed from the kindly Hunter to the Everyman Bloom.In 1890, Hunter even registered a patent of an invention “for facilitating the unlacing of boots and shoes and corsets and such like”, as reported in The Weekly Irish Times of November 14 1890.http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/irish-roots-bloomier-and-bloomier-1.2229649

Irish Roots . . . Bloomier and bloomier Irish Roots . . . Bloomier and bloomier John Grenham Topics: Culture Heritage Irish Roots Alfred Henry Hunter Leopold Bloom Maria Lockhart Marion Bruere William Hunter Great Charles Street Rutland Street More Topics Mon, Jun 1, 2015, 01:00 First published: Mon, Jun 1, 2015, 01:00 Alfred Henry Hunter…