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Connecting Joyce Enthusiasts: The Heart of the West Coast Joyce Project

Dedication to James Joyce Scholarship

The West Coast Joyce Project, located in Menlo Park, CA, stands as a vibrant hub for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of James Joyce's literary legacy. We offer a carefully curated collection of resources that span critical essays, articles, and multimedia materials designed to deepen the understanding of Joyce's complex works.

Focus On

The following lists are updated once a quarter:

Autumn 2026

Featured Books

  1. Ulysses in Critical Perspective (2026), ed. Michael Patrick Gillespie & A. Nicholas Fargnoli.

  2. James Joyce: A Political Life (2026), Frank Callanan.

  3. James Joyce, Rural Ireland and Modernity: Beyond the Pale (2025), Niall Ó Cuileagáin.

  4. Sensational Joyce: The Psychology of Ulysses (2025), John Gordon.

  5. The Joyce of Everyday Life (2024), Vicki Mahaffey.

  6. Collected Epiphanies of James Joyce: A Critical Edition (2024), ed. Sangam MacDuff, Angus McFadzean & Morris Beja.

  7. James Joyce's Early Works in Ireland's Textual Cultures (2024).

  8. The New Joyce Studies (2022).

Note: Links direct to Bookshop.org, an organization that distributes resources to independent booksellers. These books are also available on other sites.

Notable Reviews (Published)

  1. Maud Ellmann, review of The Joyce of Everyday Life, The Review of English Studies, Vol. 76, No. 324 (April 2025). An insightful review by one of the leading Joyce scholars, emphasizing Mahaffey's treatment of ordinary experience as Joyce's artistic medium.

  2. David P. Rando, review of Collected Epiphanies of James Joyce: A Critical Edition, James Joyce Quarterly 62.2–3 (Winter–Spring 2025), pp. 428–432. One of the earliest scholarly assessments of this important new critical edition.

Documentaries

Joyce – A Life in the Day, a short film produced for the Ulysses centenary that imaginatively connects Joyce with present-day university life. University College Dublin (UCD) Belfield Dublin 4 Ireland.

Note: This list is updated once every three months. As a hybrid AI and human collaboration, the site is subject to error.

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