How to find James Joyce?

James Joyce's 'Ulysses' is one of the most challenging and rewarding novels ever written. ... Synopsis. James Joyce was born on February 2, 1882 in Dublin, Ireland. ... To keep his family above water (the couple went on to have two children, Georgio and Lucia) Joyce continued to find work as a teacher. read more

Joyce's paternal grandfather, James Augustine Joyce, married Ellen O'Connell, daughter of John O'Connell, a Cork Alderman who owned a drapery business and other properties in Cork City. Ellen's family claimed kinship with Daniel O'Connell, "The Liberator". read more

Each June 16, James Joyce lovers around the world celebrate Bloomsday. To celebrate, we asked Irish composer Brian Byrne to tell us how he captured the music in Joyce’s words with his new album Goldenhair. read more

Joyce’s techniques can be used. The contemporary Irish author Eimear McBride used a variation of the “stream of consciousness” technique that Joyce uses Joyce in Ulysses in her novel A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing. I think McBride does a good job of reappropriating it for her narrative and it works well. read more