theparisreview:

“Of all the literary celebrations that might blow up, why Joyce, why Ulysses, and why Bloomsday? The answer lies in the celebrity and cultural capital of the Joyce brand, the result of Joyce’s machinations and the way he’s been taken up in mainstream U.S. culture.”

Jonathan Goldman on the history of Bloomsday.

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