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Disinfo on James Joyce and Star Wars

2016-01-192016-10-16 IssyReviews and Coverage

Bobby Campbell published an article on the site Disinformation exploring the connections between Finnegans Wakeand Star Wars, complete with Campbell’s killer illustration of James Joyce the Jedi. This is a very cool topic, and we were honored to be mentioned […]

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Neil Campbell Reviewed in The Wire

2016-01-182016-10-16 IssyReviews and Coverage

We are thrilled to see that Neil Campbell’s chapter-long contribution to Waywords and Meansigns was reviewed by Dan Barrow in the February issue of The Wire magazine: “Covering just over 20 pages of the book and a little more than […]

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Fuat Sevimay on Translating Finnegans Wake into Turkish

2016-01-142016-10-16 IssyInterviews

Derek Pyle and Sara Jewell of Waywords and Meansigns recently interview Fuat Sevimay, on translating Finnegans Wake into Turkish. Sevimay’s unabridged translation is forthcoming in 2016 from Sel Publishing Company. “[Joyce], the master builder, says something in so-called English but […]

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Star Wars and Finnegans Wake

2016-01-042018-08-13 IssyReviews and Coverage

by Sara Jewell Polish writer and translator Krzysztof Bartnicki is no stranger to the multitudes contained within Finnegans Wake, having spent ten years translating the entire book into Polish. While the musicality of Finnegans Wake has always played a large […]

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Waywords and Meansigns in Fiction

2016-01-032016-10-16 IssyReviews and Coverage

Australian author Denis Fitzpatrick has immortalized Waywords and Meansigns and project director Derek Pyle in absolutely delightful short story, published by The Short Story Club. It’s a love story and we are central to the falling in:  ‘Adonis, you’ve heard […]

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Grammy Award-Winning Producer David Kahne on Setting Finnegans Wake to Music

2015-12-232016-10-16 IssyInterviews, Reviews and Coverage

“You may not know David Kahne’s name but you will almost certainly have heard his music. A Grammy-winning American record producer and composer, Kahne has worked with the likes of Paul McCartney, the Strokes and Stevie Nicks (to name but […]

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Mary Manning Performance in Boston

2015-11-142016-10-16 IssyLive Events and Performances

 You are invited to  The Here Comes Everybody Players’  staged reading, with live musical accompaniment, of   Passages from Finnegans Wake  A Free Adaptation for the Theater by Mary Manning of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake directed by Jean Sheikh & Josh Way with actors: Ann […]

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Pure and Sublime Poetry: A Conversation with Visual Artist Robert Amos

2015-11-062016-10-16 IssyInterviews

Robert Amos, the landscape painter known for his depictions of Victoria, British Columbia, discusses his lifelong enthusiasm for James Joyce and Finnegans Wake. Amos was a contributor to first edition of Waywords and Meansigns, and his artwork adorns the James […]

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Live Performances of Finnegans Wake Music

2015-09-102016-10-16 IssyLive Events and Performances

  This fall contributors from Waywords and Meansigns will play two shows in Western Massachusetts, performing material from Finnegans Wake. Guaranteed, it will be weird, wild and fun. The first show is Saturday, September 26 at Flywheel Arts Collective. Flywheel […]

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Public Radio and Mass Review

2015-09-022016-10-15 IssyInterviews, Reviews and Coverage

Waywords and Meansigns was featured this week on public radio! Lauren Tuiskula of New England Public Radio (WFCR) covered the story, with a focus on the musicians of Massachusetts and Hampshire College. In the interview project director Derek Pyle discussed […]

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