yes I said yes I will Yes. A Celebration of James Joyce, Ulysses, and 100 Years of Bloomsday

On the fictional morning of June 16, 1904Bloomsday, as it has come to be knownMr. Leopold Bloom set out from his home at 7 Eccles Street and began his day's journey through Dublin life in the pages of James Joyce's novel of the century,Ulysses.Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday,Yes I Said Yes I Will Yesoffers a priceless gathering of what's been said aboutUlyssessince the extravagant praise and withering condemnation that first greeted itupon its initial publication. From the varied appraisals of such Joyce contemporaries as William Butler Yeats ("It is an entirely new thing. . . . He has certainly surpassed in intensity any novelist of our time") and Virginia Woolf ("Never did I read such tosh"), to excerpts from Tennessee Williams' term paper "WhyUlyssesis Boring" and assorted wit, praise, parody, caricature, photographs, anecdotes, bon mots, and reminiscence, this treasury of Bloomsiana is a lively and winning tribute to the most famous day in literature.

Nola Tully is an editor and writer who has held positions at the International Center for Photography, Audubon, and Entertainment Weekly. She lives in New York City.