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The author describes the experience of the international symposium on James Joyce. Screenings of Joyce-related motion pictures, various meetings, and the appeal of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' are discussed.

Perhaps this should be a note on 'books received' instead of a full-fledged review: James Joyce A-Z became available as this volume's deadline approached. The book's claim (in its own [...]

As I discuss in this issue's 'To Make a Long Story Short . . .' (iv, above), I decided to dedicate this issue to Berni Benstock shortly after his death [...]

My last memories of Berni Benstock are from June 1994 at the Hotel Melia Sevilla, where we were staying for the Fourteenth International James Joyce Symposium. Perversely, these memories arc [...]

Judith Ortiz Cofer, author of fiction, poetry collections and essays, presents all three in her latest book, The Latin Deli. Some readers and reviewers might overlook the volume because of [...]

Number 2: 'An Encounter' We thought that old josser was phony; His pronouncements on girls? Pure baloney. But when talk turned to flogging Away we went jogging Lest he take [...]

Number 14: 'Grace' Tom Kernan had such a great fall That his wife held out no hope at all. But he proved an apt pigeon For organized religion And The [...]

Number 12: 'Ivy Day in the Committee Room' A bunch of the boys wondered why Poor old Parnell had to die -- `Til, consoled by some lines Penned by Joe [...]

Number 15: 'The Dead' Gabriel, midst the ales and the squashes And the various assortments of noshes, Pondered the source Of Gretta's remorse: 'Twas a dead lover! -- and not [...]

Number 4: 'Eveline' To Eveline Hill 'twas a shock To find herself stuck on the dock. The blame has been laid To some promises made To the blessed M. M. [...]

Number 11: 'A Painful Case' Jim Duffy feared he'd played the dastard When Emily died, tram'led and plastered. It's still hard to discover If Em's husband or lover Proved the [...]

Number 9: 'Counterparts'' Farrington, that scrivening dypso Lets fly with a fortuitious quip, so He still pays for the drinks -- Now we all know life stinks. But why must [...]

Number 7: 'The Boarding House' Ms. Mooney, the butcher's shrewd daughter Put Polly's affair in short order By telling Bob Doran (That poor, sex-starved moron) 'First marry her: THEN you [...]

Number 6: 'Two Gallants' Lenehan waits for a sight Of Corley's 'amour-for-a-night.' She's played for a sucker By that harpless heart-plucker For a coin and a bit of [...]

A scandalous cleric named Flynn Had his immortal marker called in When his dropping of chalices Betrayed the paralysis Of a far-from-original [...]

Number 5: 'After the Race' His auto-eroticism requited, Jim Doyle was highly excited. It's a racy short talc Full of yachts, cards and ale. But why in the hell did [...]