Bloomsday is the Cinco de Mayo for People Who Read

Tablet continues the Jewish takeover of Bloomsday, talking to Joshua Cohen.  Things discussed include big novels, sacred books, and Pynchon.  Not discussed is the possibility that Tablet’s Bloomsday celebration could become an all out chug fest after Cohen and Ben Greenman get finished reading. But wait!  There is also Radio Bloomsday on June 16th!  A national broadcast on the Pacific Radio Network from the WBAI studios in New York City from 7pm to 2am EST on 99.5FM in NYC and […]

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Jews Taking Bloomsday Back

As a Jew growing up in a predominantly Irish city, I always felt a little left out on St. Patrick’s Day.  Not that marching in parades and vomiting green beer is my idea of a good time, but I’ve always been a bit jealous of their Irish and their ability to party. So it made me grin a bit when I read that Tablet was deciding to take one back for the Tribe and reclaim Bloomsday with a pretty stellar […]

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