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For Halloween: Mister Poe's onomatopoetic masterpiece . . .
“An' the gobble-uns 'll git you . . . Ef you . . . Don't . . . Watch . . . Out!"
“No memory of having starred atones for later disregard . . . " (You'll find my reading of Frost's Mending Wall by clicking on the link.)
James Joyce: Finnegans Wake (The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly) For this year's challenge, I open my dog-eared copy of Finnegans Wake to page 44, to croak out my rendition of “The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly". *
(*From the French perce-oreille - or earwig, hence the cognomen of the hero of our story: Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker, whose rumored nefarious deeds are recounted herein.) As with my previous entries from 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 - don't overthink it, just enjoy the ride. Sláinte. For Halloween: A classic horror story from Mister Poe . . .
For April Fool’s Day . . . Lewis Carroll: A Mad Tea-Party, from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
James Joyce: Finnegans Wake (Shem the Penman) ![]() It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and time for my fourth annual reading from James Joyce’s linguistically challenging masterpiece. This year, I turn to page 169, with the beginning of Joyce’s unflattering (and somewhat autobiographical) portrait of Shem the Penman. As I’ve cautioned in my previous entries from 2015, 2016 and 2017 . . . Don’t try to figure it out. Just enjoy the ride. Slaínte. From Stave II of Dickens’ classic . . . Ebenezer Scrooge and The Ghost of Christmas Past visit some old friends. Charles Dickens: Mr. Fezziwig’s Ball, from “A Christmas Carol” (You can hear my reading of Scrooge’s encounter with Marley’s Ghost here.)
A little dark humor from the Master of the Macabre . . .
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