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A cold reading of James Joyce’s "Finnegans Wake" just to hear it out loud.
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April 30, 2025
<p>As we bask in the wake of completing the Wake, Toby and TJ welcome renowned author, librarian, academic, and bookfluencer George Koors to discuss how to get into the Wake, as well as what to do after it's done. We discuss the benefits and risks of BookTok, Bookstagram, and BookTube, the egalitarian nature of Joyce ensuring that through complexity all readers are rendered the same, and consider the dangers of placing beloved texts on syllabi. We discuss Taylor Swift, Ben Jonson, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, and George hits us with two monumental recommendations that will rattle your brain and strain at your wallet. To top it all, we get the world exclusive scoop on TJ's new play, learn the term "typoglycemia" and consider the weight we can place on art that survives time. We'd like to think WAKE is one of those survivors, as we enter our end-of-series hiatus...</p><p>This week's chatters: George Koors, Toby Malone, TJ Young</p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p>George's website: <a href="https://www.georgekoors.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.georgekoors.com/</a></p><p>George on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gbk7288/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/gbk7288/</a> </p><p>Always the Wanderer: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Always-Wanderer-George-Bernard-Koors/dp/1936135159" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.amazon.com/Always-Wanderer-George-Bernard-Koors/dp/1936135159</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@gbk7288" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">George Koors - YouTube</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XskNQCnfLGk&t=81s" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Let's Talk About James Joyce's Finnegans Wake</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb8nQJKUrEw&t=20s" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">James Joyce's Finnegans Wake In Less Than 2 Minutes</a> </p><p>Arno Schmidt Zettels Traum (Bottom’s Dream) <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6088384" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6088384</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.georgekoors.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.georgekoors.com/</a></p><p>George’s petition to make Zettels Traum accessible! <a href="https://www.georgekoors.com/post/help-me-fight-literary-gatekeeping-let-s-make-arno-schmidt-s-zettels-traum-more-accessible" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.georgekoors.com/post/help-me-fight-literary-gatekeeping-let-s-make-arno-schmidt-s-zettels-traum-more-accessible</a> </p><p>Carlos Fuentes Terra Nostra <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59415.Terra_Nostra?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=cbUx0TDs2A&rank=1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59415.Terra_Nostra?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=cbUx0TDs2A&rank=1</a> </p><p>For early drops, community and show notes, join us at our free Patreon, at<a href="http://patreon.com/wakepod" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> patreon.com/wakepod</a>, or check out our Linktree, at<a href="https://linktr.ee/wake.pod" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> https://linktr.ee/wake.pod</a>. We welcome comments from everyone: even, nay, especially, the dreaded purists. Come and "um actually" us!</p><p><br></p>
April 23, 2025
<p>We can't believe it. Can you believe it? We actually finished reading Finnegans Wake. What started out as a podcast to read an "unreadable book" has turned into a journey that has endeared us to a magical community, connected with our family and friends, and reawakened our sense of what art can be. While sometimes it felt like climbing a sheer cliff-face, the toeholds we gained along the way made this a delightfully fulfilling project. For this final episode, Toby and TJ look back on WAKE and consider how you know when a project is over, embracing confusion, and how much we appreciate the spectators at the end of a marathon. We talk Joyce on film, Pinter, the Beatles, Lord of the Rings, and hypertexts, and pinpoint the exact moment the Harry Potter franchise lost TJ. We take on translation, and gimmicks, and mountaineering, and the question of how-fast-is-too-fast-to-read-the-Wake. Then, as we consider the stadium-sized Rubik's Cube that is the Wake, we are visited by the Patron Saint of WAKE for words of congratulations. It's an unmissable end to what has indeed proven to be a surprisingly listenable podcast.</p><p>This week's chatters: Toby Malone, TJ Young</p><p>Progress: 628 pages complete, 0 pages to go; 100% read.</p><p><strong>Contextual Notes</strong></p><p><strong>The Patron Saint of WAKE</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.cameo.com/recipient/67d5bcfb03f6a68b9ff0792a " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Michael Ian Black congratulates WAKE! </a></p><p><a href="https://michaelianblack.substack.com/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Michael Ian Black Substack</a></p><p><strong>Referenced Texts</strong></p><p>Fadiman, Clifton. “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1939/05/06/dont-shoot-the-book-reviewer-hes-doing-the-best-he-can " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Don’t Shoot the Book-Reviewer; He’s Doing the Best He Can</a>.” The New Yorker. April 28, 1939. </p><p>Norris, David, and Carl Flint. Introducing Joyce: A Graphic Guide. London: Icon Books, 2013.</p><p>McCreedy, Jonathan. (2022). <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357912524_Joyceradamus_Foretelling_the_Age_of_Trump_in_Finnegans_Wake " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Joyceradamus: Foretelling the Age of Trump in Finnegans Wake.</a> Joyce Studies in Italy: Joyspace: James Joyce and Space, 23 (2021): 159-74. </p><p>Rose, David. Cryptogrammic Cryptograms: Fungi in Finnegans Wake. </p><p>Collard, David. Multiple Joyce. London: Sagging Meniscus P, 2022.</p><p>Glasheen, Adaline. Third census of Finnegans wake : an index of the characters and their roles.</p><p>Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1977.</p><p>Benstock, Bernard. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/331509.Joyce_again_s_wake" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Joyce-Again’s Wake</a>. </p><p>Turnbull, Caldwell. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55748103-no-gods-no-monsters " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">No Gods, No Monsters</a>. </p><p><strong>Wake in the World</strong></p><p><a href="https://monsterhigh.fandom.com/wiki/Finnegan_Wake_(G1)" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Finnegan Wake! </a></p><p><a href="https://mirkobuffinifirenze.com/en/negozio/hce-collection-en/finnegan/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Mirko Buffini’s HCE Collection</a></p><p><a href="https://www.hoynebrewing.ca/beer/finnegans-irish-stout/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Hoyne Brewing: Finnegans Irish Stout </a></p><p><strong>Translating the Wake</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81_kDP06gQ&t=177s " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Reading James Joyce's Finnegans Wake in Korean by Sang Hyun Lee 187</a></p><p>Dai, Congrong. "<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jjq.2010.0006" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">A Chinese Translation of Finnegans Wake: The Work in Progress</a>." James Joyce Quarterly, vol. 47 no. 4, 2010, p. 579-588. Project MUSE</p><p><a href="https://publishingperspectives.com/2012/09/impossible-no-finnegans-wake-translated-into-chinese/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Nothing’s Impossible: Finnegans Wake Translated into Chinese</a>.</p><p>Eishiro, Ito. <a href="http://p-www.iwate-pu.ac.jp/~acro-ito/Joycean_Essays/FW_2JapTranslations.html " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Two Japanese Translations of Finnegans Wake Compared</a>: Yanase (1991-1993) and Miyata (2004) </p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/kenjihayakawa.com " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Kenji Hayakawa</a>. </p><p>Francois-Victor Hugo’s <a href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=72FMAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Shakespeare</a>: </p><p><strong>Joyce on Film</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/finnegans-wake-1968 " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Roger Ebert on Bute’s Wake film</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V9USPiXXK8 " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Bute’s Film</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(1967_film) " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Strick’s Ulysses</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7xAM_eXuuk " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Film</a></p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p><a href="https://finwake.com/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">FinWake.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.fweet.org/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">FWEET</a></p><p><a href="https://finwakeatx.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Peter Quadrino’s Blog</a></p><p><a href="https://jjda.ie/f/fwhome.htm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Chicken’s Guide</a></p><p><a href="https://library.buffalo.edu/jamesjoyce/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Buffalo James Joyce Collection</a></p><p><a href="https://www.onelittlegoat.org/finneganswake " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Richard Harte</a></p><p><a href="https://www.peterobrienart.com/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Peter O’Brien </a></p><p><strong>Reading Groups:</strong></p><p><a href="https://finneganswake.org/ReadingGroups.shtml" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://finneganswake.org/ReadingGroups.shtml</a> </p><p><strong>Podcasts</strong></p><p>Frank Delaney’s <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/frank-delaneys-re-joyce/id377763645 " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Re-Joyce:</a></p><p>Joseph Strick’s Ulysses on <a href="https://threecastlesburning.libsyn.com/joseph-stricks-ulysses-1967 " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Three Castles Burning</a></p><p>1954: The Birth of Bloomsday on Three Castles Burning: <a href="https://threecastlesburning.libsyn.com/1954-the-birth-of-bloomsday" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://threecastlesburning.libsyn.com/1954-the-birth-of-bloomsday</a></p><p>Exploring Lucia Joyce (with Joe Chester) on Three Castles Burning: <a href="https://threecastlesburning.libsyn.com/exploring-lucia-joyce-with-joe-chester" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://threecastlesburning.libsyn.com/exploring-lucia-joyce-with-joe-chester</a></p><p><strong>WAKE</strong></p><p>To find TJ: <a href="https://www.tj-young.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.tj-young.com/</a> </p><p>To find Toby: <a href="https://linktr.ee/turglife" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://linktr.ee/turglife</a> </p><p>WAKE on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wake.pod/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/wake.pod/</a> </p><p>WAKE on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/WAKEPOD" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.patreon.com/c/WAKEPOD</a> </p><p>WAKE on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@WAKEpod" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/@WAKEpod</a> </p><p>WAKE on BlueSky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wakepod.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://bsky.app/profile/wakepod.bsky.social</a> </p><p>WAKE on X: lol, fuck you Elon</p><p><br /></p><p>For early drops, community and show notes, join us at our free Patreon, at <a href="http://patreon.com/wakepod" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">patreon.com/wakepod</a>, or check out our Linktree, at <a href="https://linktr.ee/wake.pod" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://linktr.ee/wake.pod</a>. We welcome comments from everyone: even, nay, especially, the dreaded purists. Come and "um actually" us!</p>
April 16, 2025
<p>There's nothing quite like ticking off a bucket list item, and today is the day, where Toby and TJ come to the end of the long reading road to finally finish Finnegans Wake. Before we get there, though, we have superstar guest Neil Wechsler to guide us through his favourite section of the book, along with passionate opinions on Hollywood hypocrisy, problematic shortcuts, and how the unique structure of the Wake is not a joke, nor a gimmick, but in fact proof that the human race is not entirely doomed. Joyce gives us an ending that's worth the wait, and feels well earned, as the pain of the cycle ends in a note of hope. We may have finished with the Wake, but we have a feeling it's not quite finished with us yet.</p><p>This week's readers: Neil Wechsler, Toby Malone, TJ Young</p><p>Progress: 628 pages complete, 0 pages to go; 100% read.</p><p><strong>Contextual Notes</strong></p><p>James Joyce Collection at the University at Buffalo: <a href="https://library.buffalo.edu/jamesjoyce/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://library.buffalo.edu/jamesjoyce/</a></p><p>The Wake at the UB collection: <a href="https://library.buffalo.edu/jamesjoyce/catalog/vi-finnegans-wake/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://library.buffalo.edu/jamesjoyce/catalog/vi-finnegans-wake/</a></p><p>A proposed JJ museum through the Buffalo collection: <a href="https://library.buffalo.edu/jamesjoyce/pdf/james-joyce-museum.pdf" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://library.buffalo.edu/jamesjoyce/pdf/james-joyce-museum.pdf</a> </p><p>Joyce-again's wake: An analysis of Finnegans wake, Bernard Benstock: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/331509.Joyce_again_s_wake" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/331509.Joyce_again_s_wake</a> </p><p>A Reader's Guide to Finnegans Wake, William York Tindall: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59480.A_Reader_s_Guide_to_Finnegans_Wake" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59480.A_Reader_s_Guide_to_Finnegans_Wake</a> </p><p>Jeffrey Jarome Cohen: Monster Culture: Seven Theses: <a href="https://ptfaculty.gordonstate.edu/rscoggins/Cohen,%20Monster%20Culture%20(Seven%20Theses),%203-20.pdf" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ptfaculty.gordonstate.edu/rscoggins/Cohen,%20Monster%20Culture%20(Seven%20Theses),%203-20.pdf</a> </p><p>Sorry Finn <a href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/finn-fordham" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/finn-fordham</a> </p><p>Benstock, Bernard. Joyce Again’s Wake.<a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/65023908/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.loc.gov/item/65023908/</a></p><p>Neil Wechsler’s website:<a href="https://wechslerprojects.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://wechslerprojects.com/</a></p><p>Neil on Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/wechslerprojects/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.instagram.com/wechslerprojects/</a></p><p>Our favourite play, Grenadine:<a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Grenadine-Neil-Wechsler/dp/0300149921" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.amazon.ca/Grenadine-Neil-Wechsler/dp/0300149921</a></p><p>Neil on New Play Exchange:<a href="https://newplayexchange.org/users/37010/neil-wechsler" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://newplayexchange.org/users/37010/neil-wechsler</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For early drops, community and show notes, join us at our free Patreon, at <a href="http://patreon.com/wakepod" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patreon.com/wakepod</a>, or check out our Linktree, at <a href="https://linktr.ee/wake.pod" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/wake.pod</a>. We welcome comments from everyone: even, nay, especially, the dreaded purists. Come and "um actually" us!</p>
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