The Anniversary of Ulysses

Today is the anniversary of the original publication of James Joyce's Ulysses. I'm not sure what kind of celebration you have on a day like today. Bloomsday is a ways off still. Maybe you should read the book. Maybe it's a little too long and you'd prefer to read the NYT Paper Cuts blog entry about the anniversary. Or maybe you'd rather the first and second installment of The Ulysses Sage at InDigest in preparation for the soon to be released third column.

Whistling Shade Winter Issue

An interesting Editor's note from Whistling Shade Editor, Joel Van Valin (Click on "From the Whistler" in the top left of the screen once you get to the site). Although I can't say I agree with his take on Joyce and creativity, this is still an introduction to the Winter issue that preps one's brain to dig into the content that follows.

And look: Whistling Shade will be publishing books soon, too.

-David