Book Review: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Stephen Dedalus, the main character of this quasi-autobiographical (but really not actually) work by James Joyce, as well as the main character of Joyce’s infamous beast of a novel Ulysses, is...
View ArticleIreland and Zombies. You Know… The Usual.
I haven’t read any novels lately. Instead, I’ve been reading a lot of W. B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney and going to pubs. HOWEVER. Right before I left the U.S., I did read a couple of books that I haven’t...
View ArticleSorry for the Hiatus…
Hey guys, Sorry I haven’t been posting recently at all. I just moved to Dublin, Ireland for my study abroad semester, and I’m sad to say, it’s been a little difficult to keep on top of this blog though...
View ArticleBook Review: Dubliners by James Joyce
Open the pages of Dubliners (Pocket Books 2005; orig. 1914), and step into Dublin, Ireland, early 1900s. From the first word of “The Sisters” to the final sentence of “The Dead,” this collection of...
View ArticleEverybody Else: Erin Hart
According to Erin Hart, local Minnesotan novelist, you’re missing out if you don’t read crime novels. Regardless of my bookworm-ish and open-minded nature, I, myself, am guilty of having my eyes...
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