The Arts Council of Princeton celebrated the lyrical magic of James Joyce’s modernist masterpiece during its first-ever Bloomsday event on June 16, 2021. Denounced at its publication as "a heap of dung," and burned by the U.S. Post Office as an "obscene" book, today Ulysses is regarded widely as perhaps the greatest landmark in modernist literature. Watch Princeton professors, creative writers, and literary critics such as Kevin Birmingham, author of The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses, as they share their favorite passages. Participants include:
— Paul Muldoon, Creative Writing, Lewis Center for the Arts
— Joyce Carol Oates, Humanities Council (Emeritus)
— Colum McCann, author
— Jhumpa Lahiri, Creative Writing, Lewis Center for the Arts
— Sean Wilentz, History
— Esther Schor, American Jewish Studies; English
— Kevin Birmingham, author
Event moderated by Caroline Cleaves, director of development at the Arts Council; cosponsored by the Princeton University Humanities Council.
