Honoring 'Ulysses' For devoted readers of James Joyce, June 16 marks the annual celebration of his acclaimed novel Ulysses . Live readings of the famously complex tome can go on for 24 hours or more. Jacki Lyden looks into the history of these marathon performances.
June 16, 2013 - NPR
Reading 'Ulysses' requires heroic effort I've done it. I've scaled the heights of literary snobbery. I've read James Joyce's "Ulysses." You've heard of "Ulysses"? It's a famously dense, stream of consciousness novel, one that upon publication in 1922 was banned for tediousness. Sorry, banned for obscenity.
June 16, 2013 - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
John McCain in Washington Post I believe that General (Dwight) Eisenhower didn't have a Plan B at Normandy, and I don't think that General (Ulysses S.) Grant had a plan B when he decided to take Richmond,said McCain, referring to turning-point battles in World War II and...
Bill Clinton in USA Today I restored it to look the way it did after the Civil War and I brought in a desk, which was Ulysses Grant's cabinet table,Clinton says. "And I would go in there, often after Hillary went to bed, or late at night (and) play my music, and...