Sam Slote
@samslote.bsky.social
Professor, School of English, Trinity College Dublin. Writes about Joyce, Beckett, Modernism. Quondam New Yorker. Co-author of Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses http://bit.ly/3Gngb2L He/him/his
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Amazingly, even though Finnegans Wake is, fundamentally, fanfic about Lord Mayors of Dublin, there are no references to NYC mayors. Although, to be fair, the only ones who might have conceivably caught Joyce's attention would be Fiorello LaGuardia and 'Beau' Jimmy Walker.
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Amazingly, even though Finnegans Wake is, fundamentally, fanfic about Lord Mayors of Dublin, there are no references to NYC mayors. Although, to be fair, the only ones who might have conceivably caught Joyce's attention would be Fiorello LaGuardia and 'Beau' Jimmy Walker.
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You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
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A reminder that pg researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies in the UK are invited to apply for a Stephen Copley Research Award (valued up to £500)
The late Stephen Copley supervised my PhD and I appreciate seeing his name live on like this
#Romanticism
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The late Stephen Copley supervised my PhD and I appreciate seeing his name live on like this
#Romanticism
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
Stephen Copley Research Awards – British Association for Romantic Studies
www.bars.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A reminder that pg researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies in the UK are invited to apply for a Stephen Copley Research Award (valued up to £500)
The late Stephen Copley supervised my PhD and I appreciate seeing his name live on like this
#Romanticism
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
The late Stephen Copley supervised my PhD and I appreciate seeing his name live on like this
#Romanticism
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
Just landed: Congrong Dai’s complete translation of Finnegans Wake
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Just landed: Congrong Dai’s complete translation of Finnegans Wake
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Hey look, Donald Trump — the leaders of three countries of 3 billion people got together just to laugh at you! Just imagine the fun they had discussing in detail what an idiot you are. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...
September 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Hey look, Donald Trump — the leaders of three countries of 3 billion people got together just to laugh at you! Just imagine the fun they had discussing in detail what an idiot you are. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...
Amazing story about the political lunatic fringe in Ireland, so far, mercifully, on the fringes: www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
The new IRB: a band of conspiracy theorists who have set up a parallel Irish ‘government’
This fringe group, drawn from the ranks of anti-lockdown protesters and business people laid low by the crash, have a cabinet, local co-ops and even a network of ‘courts’
www.irishtimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Amazing story about the political lunatic fringe in Ireland, so far, mercifully, on the fringes: www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Robert Wilson, Provocative Playwright and Director, Is Dead at 83 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/t...
Robert Wilson, Provocative Playwright and Director, Is Dead at 83
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Robert Wilson, Provocative Playwright and Director, Is Dead at 83 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/t...
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Oh dear, I got my wires crossed! It’s actually September 2026!! Sorry about that folks, and please, those of you holding your breath, stop holding!
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2025. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
July 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Oh dear, I got my wires crossed! It’s actually September 2026!! Sorry about that folks, and please, those of you holding your breath, stop holding!
Latest arrival from the University of Florida Press’s James Joyce series: Sensational Joyce by John Gordon
July 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Latest arrival from the University of Florida Press’s James Joyce series: Sensational Joyce by John Gordon
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Weighing in at 827 pages and 2 1/4 inches, our Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the 19th Century is HERE! Huge thanks to @oupphilosophy.bsky.social and our 50+ authors. Restoring women to the philosophical canon is a matter of justice, but it is also better scholarship!
July 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Weighing in at 827 pages and 2 1/4 inches, our Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the 19th Century is HERE! Huge thanks to @oupphilosophy.bsky.social and our 50+ authors. Restoring women to the philosophical canon is a matter of justice, but it is also better scholarship!
The James Joyce Society has an excellent programme of events lined up for the next year joycesociety.com/events
Events — James Joyce Society
joycesociety.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The James Joyce Society has an excellent programme of events lined up for the next year joycesociety.com/events
A merry Bloomsday to all
June 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
A merry Bloomsday to all
For any dental issues this Bloomsday – James Joyce guarantees his work to be perfect!
June 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
For any dental issues this Bloomsday – James Joyce guarantees his work to be perfect!
Teaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First Century,
edited by Barry Devine and Ellen Scheible, coming soon from @floridapress upf.com/book.asp?id=...
edited by Barry Devine and Ellen Scheible, coming soon from @floridapress upf.com/book.asp?id=...
June 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Teaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First Century,
edited by Barry Devine and Ellen Scheible, coming soon from @floridapress upf.com/book.asp?id=...
edited by Barry Devine and Ellen Scheible, coming soon from @floridapress upf.com/book.asp?id=...
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Funded PhD studentship of €25,000/year for 4 years plus fees available @tcddublin.bsky.social to work with me on Irish women's life writing from the long 18th century! Please spread the word! @ecfjournal.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @clhlwr.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Funded PhD studentship of €25,000/year for 4 years plus fees available @tcddublin.bsky.social to work with me on Irish women's life writing from the long 18th century! Please spread the word! @ecfjournal.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @clhlwr.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social
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Richard Ellmann in 1959 be like…
May 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Richard Ellmann in 1959 be like…
Axel from KAJ (Sweden's Eurovision entry): does he look more like Joyce or like Kieran Culkin? It's the blue/black or gold/white dress conundrum for 2025.
May 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Axel from KAJ (Sweden's Eurovision entry): does he look more like Joyce or like Kieran Culkin? It's the blue/black or gold/white dress conundrum for 2025.
Richard Ellmann, James Joyce, and Literary Biography: a talk by Zachary Leader, Trinity Long Room Hub, 5.00pm, 15 May #JamesJoyce @tlrhub.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Richard Ellmann, James Joyce, and Literary Biography: a talk by Zachary Leader, Trinity Long Room Hub, 5.00pm, 15 May #JamesJoyce @tlrhub.bsky.social
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Power struggles, resignations and Conor McGregor’s toxicity: The fracturing of Ireland’s far right
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Power struggles, resignations and Conor McGregor’s toxicity: The fracturing of Ireland’s far right
The Irish far right is deeply divided, riven by personality clashes and arguments over how to achieve a political breakthrough
www.irishtimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Power struggles, resignations and Conor McGregor’s toxicity: The fracturing of Ireland’s far right
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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✨Q&A with the editors of "Finnegans Wake: Human & Nonhuman Histories"✨
Richard Barlow and I answer your questions about our new volume of essays on non/human bodies & histories in James Joyce's enigmatic final work – available now from @edinburghup.bsky.social!
euppublishingblog.com/2025/04/11/q...
Richard Barlow and I answer your questions about our new volume of essays on non/human bodies & histories in James Joyce's enigmatic final work – available now from @edinburghup.bsky.social!
euppublishingblog.com/2025/04/11/q...
Q&A with the editors of Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories - Edinburgh University Press Blog
A Q&A with the editors of Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories, a new essay collection on the work of Irish author James Joyce.
euppublishingblog.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
✨Q&A with the editors of "Finnegans Wake: Human & Nonhuman Histories"✨
Richard Barlow and I answer your questions about our new volume of essays on non/human bodies & histories in James Joyce's enigmatic final work – available now from @edinburghup.bsky.social!
euppublishingblog.com/2025/04/11/q...
Richard Barlow and I answer your questions about our new volume of essays on non/human bodies & histories in James Joyce's enigmatic final work – available now from @edinburghup.bsky.social!
euppublishingblog.com/2025/04/11/q...
This just in: highly recommended
April 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This just in: highly recommended