Get ready for the ULYSSES readalong!

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The Ulysses group readalong is happening! Read and tweet from February to Bloomsday (June 16) 2015, and I’ll blog about it here. We’ll tweet with the hashtag #TCUlysses

Twin Cities readers can celebrate when we’re done with a meetup at Anchor Fish and Chips. (I wouldn’t be opposed to weekly meetings there, either, though my cholesterol might.)

2/9/15 Start Ulysses which has 18 parts of various lengths

2/16/15 discuss and tweet sections 1, 2= 32 pp
2/23/15 discuss and tweet sections 3, 4=29 pp
3/2/15 discuss and tweet sections 5, 6=40 pp
3/9/15 discuss and tweet section 7=29pp
3/16/15 discuss and tweet section 8=28pp
3/23/15 discuss and tweet section 9=30pp
3/30/15 section 10=31 pp
4/6/15 section 11=31pp
4/13/15 section 12=45pp
4/20/15 section 13=31pp
4/27/15 section 14=37pp

5/4-5/18/15 read, then discuss and tweet section 15 (150 pages in my ed.)

5/25/15 discuss and tweet section 16=44pp

6/1-6/8/15 read then discuss and tweet section 17 (65 pp in my edition)

6/15/15 discuss and tweet section 18=37pp

6/16/15 Bloomsday!

Group meetup and celebration to follow at the Anchor Fish & Chips in NE Minneapolis.

I’ve never even attempted this behemoth—too intimidating. But I’m ready to give it a go, and looking forward to the support of a group while reading. Let me know if you have questions. I hope you’ll join us.

5 Responses to “Get ready for the ULYSSES readalong!”

  1. Janet Says:

    I ordered my copy from Powell’s Books in Portland (used)..it has the black and white cover. It should be here next week. I’m looking forward to reading as a “project”, instead of just my usual random list. :)

  2. girldetective Says:

    Janet, I like doing a big book as a readalong because it becomes like a book anchor in the week–every Sunday (or whatever) becomes the day to read a chunk of that. I was definitely overwhelmed doing both Sandman and The Odyssey at once, and am happier now that it’s just Odysseus.

  3. Wilson Varga Says:

    I recommend first time readers of Ulysses avail themselves of the Columbia University edition (free, annotated, online):
    http://www.columbia.edu/~fms5/ulys.htm
    and the archived audio book:
    https://archive.org/details/Ulysses-Audiobook
    Hope this helps.

  4. girldetective Says:

    Thank you, Wilson. I will check these out!

  5. Wilson Varga Says:

    Regarding Books 2-4 of Homer’s Odyssey you wrote, “I originally wrote that he ‘came’ to her as a swan but that felt too smutty.” Hold onto that: those Odyssey notes of yours are going to come in handy as you read Joyce’s Ulysses. I am looking forward to following from afar your group’s increased enjoyment of Joyce’s art because (see U4.354-5: —Yes, [Molly Bloom] said. There’s nothing smutty in it.) you and Joyce recognize a salacious pun.