100 Years of Bloomsday
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 06.11.04 | 9:42 PM ET
Cheers to USA Today’s Laura Bly for pointing out that this coming Wednesday, June 16 will mark the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday, the annual celebration of James Joyce’s classic novel, “Ulysses.” (The book’s entire narrative, with Leopold Bloom at its center, takes place in Dublin on June 16, 1904.) Ever since I took a seminar on “Ulysses” as an undergrad—a course in which the “Ulysses Annotated” book assigned to help make sense of the novel was twice as thick as the novel itself—I’ve sought out pub readings on Bloomsday. Not that I begin to understand all the nuances of the novel. I just like the idea that people get together once a year to toss back pints of Guinness and celebrate a book. Or, at the very least, they use the book as an excuse to drink. For those interested in observing the anniversary, Bly highlights Bloomsday celebrations and gatherings planned in Ireland and around the United States.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
