A Los Angeles Book Club Has Spent 28 Years Reading James Joyce’s ’Finnegans Wake’ and Still Doesn’t Understand It
James Joyce once famously declared, “The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works.“ After 28 years, members of a Venice, California-based book club have come pretty close.
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Former NFL ref tries to bail Diontae Johnson out on benchable offense
Diontae Johnson appeared to drop a Pittsburgh Steelers touchdown pass in the first quarter of Sunday's matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals... but did he?
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When ‘Clockwork Orange’ Author Anthony Burgess Wrote a Slang Dictionary
Penguin Books commissioned the work in 1965, but the "A Clockwork Orange" author only completed several hundred entries before discarding the project.
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10 Fascinating Facts About Louisa May Alcott
‘Little Women’ author Louisa May Alcott was also an early suffragette who fought against slavery and registered women to vote.
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Packers Robbed of Touchdown By Officials on Steelers Backwards Pass That Was Called Incomplete
VIDEO: Steelers fumbled called incomplete pass.
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Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot John Hemingway 'just lucky'
Group Captain John Hemingway, 104, has been shot four times, including twice in the aerial battle.
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Bank of America will lend $10 million to veteran business fund
NEW YORK Bank of America will provide a second round of funding to a veterans group that finances
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Don’t Know What to Read Next? This Comprehensive Book Map Can Help
TheLibraryMap organizes 100,000 book titles in a way that’s visually pleasing and easy to navigate.
1970-01-01 08:00
UPenn donors were furious about the Palestine Writes Literature Festival. What about it made them pull their funds?
The University of Pennsylvania's administration faces an overwhelming backlash from donors, many of whom are pulling their funds and calling on the Ivy League institution's president to resign. The root of their anger: A Palestine Writes Literature Festival that took place on campus last month that donors and Penn's administration both say included speakers with a history of making antisemitic statements, a characterization organizers and attendees reject.
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Rules analyst owns up to massive mistake he made during Packers broadcast
CBS rules analyst Gene Steratore admits he made a mistake and agreed that Green Bay Packers Romeo Doubs had scored a touchdown against the Denver Broncos.
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NextEra beats third-quarter profit on renewable energy strength
(Reuters) -NextEra Energy reported third-quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, on the back of additional projects at
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11 Illuminating Facts About the Movie ‘Twilight’
It’s never a bad time to talk about the baseball scene in ‘Twilight.’
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