Joyce And Red Noses
For the longest time I thought Shelagh Of The Irish Spelling was a little crazy. She would lie there in bed, wired to her iPod, listening to podcasts as she drifted off to sleep, while I talked to her about things important to me, and our marriage. She was listening to things like National Public Radio's Fresh Air, This American Life , and Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me ! And The Splendid Table and Spilled Milk and Stuff You Missed In History Class . And Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac . Of course, Shelagh is a borderline insomniac, but, give her one thing: she does put her waking time to good use. And she's onto something. I am not at her level in terms of the number of podcasts that escort me into sweet sleep, but I have found one. * It's called Re:Joyce , and it's Frank Delaney's tribute to and guide through and analysis of James Joyce's Ulysses . It is published/shared/posted/whatever the word is these days every Wednesday, and I find...