Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun

Set in a maternity hospital, “Oxen” parodies the development of English prose. A celebration of maternity or a rival creative feat? Joyce called it the most difficult episode “to interpret and to execute”; we talk about the shortcuts he took in composing it and its unexpected humor. Joining us are Greg Harradine, a composer in the Scottish Borders, Emmet O’Cuana, Dublin writer living in Australia, and Chrissy Van Mierlo, Museum director at Loughborough Bellfoundry, UK, and recovering Joycean.