The Podcast

U22 is about readers' journeys through Ulysses, James Joyce’s modernist epic about the lives of ordinary people on a day in Dublin in 1904. The podcast anticipates and accompanies a reader-friendly edition Catherine Flynn is bringing out with Cambridge University Press for the book’s centenary in 2022. Here, she and her co-hosts Rafael Aguilar, Emily Moell, and Louie Poore talk with the contributors to the volume and with readers of Ulysses from around the world. Listen to their first impressions, later realizations, and the challenges and the pleasures they met along the way.

A special thanks to Hannah Ginsborg for playing “Love’s Old Sweet Song” on her lovely old piano for the podcast.

The Team

Catherine Flynn is Associate Professor of English at UC Berkeley where she works on Irish modernist literature and culture in a European avant-garde context and on critical theory. She was born in Cork, trained in architecture at UCD (practicing in V

Catherine Flynn is Associate Professor of English at UC Berkeley where she works on Irish modernist literature and culture in a European avant-garde context and on critical theory. She was born in Cork, trained in architecture at UCD (practicing in Vienna and Cork), and studied English and philosophy at UCC before earning a degree in Comparative Literature at Yale University. She is the author of James Joyce and the Matter of Paris (Cambridge University Press, 2019) and the forthcoming New Joyce Studies: Twenty-First Century Critical Revisions (Cambridge 2022), and The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes (2022).

Emily Moell is an English major at the University of California, Berkeley. A Redding native, she took a few gap years working internationally before studying at Berkeley. Emily was first introduced to the work of James Joyce at the revered Shakespear

Emily Moell is an English major at the University of California, Berkeley. A Redding native, she took a few gap years working internationally before studying at Berkeley. Emily was first introduced to the work of James Joyce at the revered Shakespeare and Company in Paris. She spent many happy hours reading Dubliners on her walks home from work in the quiet side streets of the Left Bank, and finally made the leap to Ulysses in Catherine Flynn’s research seminar. Emily is delighted to meet other readers of Ulysses and help bring this podcast to life.

Rafael Aguilar is a graduating senior, majoring in English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Santa Rosa, California where he attended Santa Rosa Junior College before transferring to UCB. Rafael was first introduced to

Rafael Aguilar is a graduating senior, majoring in English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Santa Rosa, California where he attended Santa Rosa Junior College before transferring to UCB. Rafael was first introduced to James Joyce through the short story “Araby” from Dubliners. Years later, he enjoyed taking part in Catherine Flynn’s seminar on Ulysses. Rafael is looking forward to spending more time discussing Joyce's novel as well as editing the podcast.

Louie Poore recently graduated with a B.A. in English from UC Berkeley and will begin grad school this fall, studying English at Wake Forest University. He is the co-founder of a Bay Area advertising and communications agency that works with non-prof

Louie Poore recently graduated with a B.A. in English from UC Berkeley and will begin grad school this fall, studying English at Wake Forest University. He is the co-founder of a Bay Area advertising and communications agency that works with non-profit clients to reach new audiences, getting the support they need to continue serving their communities. Louie spends as much time as possible with his wife and two wonderful kids.

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