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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

BTW

Happy Bloomsday!
Bloomsday is a commemoration and celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce during which the events of his novel Ulysses (which is set on 16 June 1904) are relived. It is observed annually on 16 June in Dublin and elsewhere. Joyce chose the date as it was the date of his first outing with his wife-to-be, Nora Barnacle; they walked to the Dublin suburb of Ringsend. The name is derived from Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of Ulysses.

"I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes. "
~  Molly Bloom in Ulysses
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  1. UnknownJune 16, 2015 at 6:01 PM

    A local bookstore sponsors a continuous reading of Ulysses every year beginning on the day before Bloomsday and ending on the feast itself.

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