UlyssesIn80-Reading James Joyce Masterpiece in 80 Days
Ready to embark on an epic literary adventure or maybe just learn what all the Ulysses buzz is about? Join your Ulysses80 team – Cliona O'Farrelly and Mark Sanford Gross – as we delve into James Joyce's Ulysses!
Starting June 1st, 2025, we're reading "Ulysses In 80 Days," finishing August 19th. Expect insightful discussions on the journey, fun detours, and recaps of our weekly chats with scholars, cultural experts, authors, and more. Never feel alone or frustrated in your own Ulysses journey. Whether you're a curious newcomer, a literary hobbyist, or a devoted Ulysses fan, tune in and enrich your experience! We're thrilled to have you.
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UlyssesIn80-Reading James Joyce Masterpiece in 80 Days
Ulysses in 80 2026 — Opening Conversation with Sam Slote
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Recorded during the opening week of the 2026 Ulysses in 80 global reading, this conversation brings together Mark Sanford Gross, Cliona O'Farrelly, and Professor Sam Slote of Trinity College Dublin to begin an eighty-day journey through James Joyce's Ulysses.
As readers around the world gather to read the novel one day at a time, Sam reflects on a lifetime spent reading, teaching, and thinking about Joyce. The conversation explores the challenges and rewards of Ulysses, the experience of returning to the book again and again, and what it continues to reveal about language, readers, and ourselves.
The episode also includes questions from members of the worldwide Ulysses in 80 community who joined the first weekly live conversation of the 2026 season on June 3, 2026.
Professor Sam Slote is co-author of Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses and author of Joyce's Nietzschean Ethics. He teaches at Trinity College Dublin and is recognized internationally as one of today's leading Joyce scholars.
Learn more, follow the daily readings, join the discussions, and explore additional podcasts and events at ulyssesin80.com.
Ulysses in 80
A global reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses, moving through the book together over eighty days.
📧 Contact: readingulyssesin80@gmail.com
The 2026 reading is June 1 to August 19th.