About this episode

Professor Matthew Campbell engages in a conversation about the Wandering Rocks episode of Ulysses, exploring themes of poetry, music, and the joys of reading Joyce.

Professor Matthew Campbell of the University of York returns to Ulysses in 80 for a warm and engaging conversation as readers arrive in the heart of the Wandering Rocks episode. Matthew brings the same curiosity, wit, and generosity that readers have come to enjoy in his previous visits to Ulysses in 80. The conversation wanders through Wandering Rocks, poetry, music, teaching, and the pleasures of reading Joyce slowly, always returning to the ordinary readers who keep the book alive. Along...

People in this episode

Host: mark sanford gross

Guest: Matthew Campbell

Topics covered

• Wandering Rocks
• poetry
• music
• teaching
• reading Joyce

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of York

Books & works: Ulysses, Wandering Rocks

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