I don't really know what to write about... But I like writing, and I don't have anything worth writing a five page rant about in my journal, so I'll post some bullshit on here.
I've been reading James Joyce lately. LOTS of James Joyce. After the Breakup that shattered all my hopes and dreams etc, I decided that I would, instead, devote my time to understanding Ulysses! I started off with Dubliners, his second book and only short story collection. Then I moved on to A Portrait, which I've read before. This time it was a DEEP reading, with plenty of scribbled notes and underlinings. After Chamber Music, his first published work and only "real" poetry collection, I started Joyce's Dubliners: Substance, Vision and Art, which is long and boring, but will hopefully help me get through Ulysses, once I finish Exiles (his only play,) a couple unofficial poetry collections, and probably a long stupid book about Portrait. And then, finally, the great Ulysses, and after that... The dreaded Finnegans Wake. Wish me luck!
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