Never a February 2 without a thought for James Joyce, the day of his birth (in Dublin), the day of the publication of « Ulysses » (in Paris) 40 years later.
Myself, I was too sick today to go to the funeral of a poet/friend/fellow Joycean at Père Lachaise this morning. I took some comfort, though, in relishing from my bed how he might have relished that he was returning to the elements on this second-most Joycean of days (the first being, I suppose, Bloomsday, June 16, 1904).
Farewell, John Kliphan! Poetry lives!
A return to the elements
About the Author: zenscribe
Enseignante Zen et poète, Sensei Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell est née et a grandi à Minneapolis, aux Etats-Unis. Arrivée en France en 1981 pour étudier la littérature et l’histoire, elle y est restée, s’installant à Paris, où elle élève ses deux enfants et gagne sa vie en tant que journaliste.
The Zen teacher and poet Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell Sensei was born and raised in Minneapolis, but came to France in 1981 to study literature and history and has lived in Paris ever since, raising her two children and making a living as a journalist.
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