Eric, Wendy, and Shinjini fangirl about “Calypso”—a breath of fresh air after “Proteus.” They celebrate the episode’s wonderful opening and introduction of Bloom (picking up on last episode’s urine talk), critically examine Bloom’s parenting, and wonder why different people are taken with particular passages.

Highlights include a dramatic reading and subsequent analysis of the most realistically psychologically rendered shit in literature, discussion of Joyce’s rumored “cloacal obsession,” and reflection upon predatory urban male gazes.

Recommended Resources:

• For more on Bloom, Milly, and photography, see Georgina Binnie-Wright’s “‘Photo girl he calls her’: Re-reading Milly in Ulysses” in the Journal of Modern Literature
• Wanda Wulz is the Triestine photographer whose name Eric couldn’t remember—she’s especially famous for the photo combining her face with a cat’s, “Io + gatto”

No theme song this week because of technical difficulties.

Special thanks to Carin Goldberg, whose cover design for the Gabler edition inspired our logo.