Category Archives: James Joyce

Waywords and Meansigns: New Finnegans Wake audio project released!

I am colossally excited about the release of this new Finnegans Wake project. This will be my next audiobook to tackle. It’s 31 hours of james Joyce’s Finnegans Wake being read aloud, with backing music by different groups of musicians per section.

Details at http://www.finnegansweb.com/

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man


I’m currently listening to A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce, published 1916, begun in 1903 as Stephen Hero.

It’s hard to compare other authors to Joyce, especially when read by someone as talented as Donal Donnelly. During the fire and brimstone sermon, I almost found religion myself. Right there on I-95, in the dark, at 70 miles per hour.

Perhaps Joyce should have become a Jesuit priest after all…  reference…

It’s no wonder this book is considered one of the greatest English-language works in history.