FYI, there will be a meeting of the James Joyce Society on Felix Mendelssohn's birthday, the day after James Joyce's. Here's the info:

The James Joyce Society

The James Joyce Society invites you to its 3 February 2012 Program at Glucksman Ireland House, New York University, 1 Washington Mews (5th Avenue between Washington Square North and 8th Street).

The meeting will start promptly at 6:00 p.m.

Agoraphobia in James Joyce’s “Eveline”
by Jim LeBlanc Director of Library Technical Services Cornell University

and

A Group Discussion: Excerpt from the Nausikaa Episode

 (The following passages will be discussed: U 13.1-10, 78-98, 148-199, 218-244, 404-441, 535-750. If you do not have a copy of Ulysses with you at the meeting, a handout will be available.) facilitated by Alison Armstrong, School of Visual Arts Contributing Editor to the Irish Literary Supplement

[From the James Joyce Society announcement:]

(See below for a University Press of Florida book sale.)

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BROWSE The James Joyce Society online: The JJS website, at joycesociety.org, contains past programs, a gallery of original art and photography pertaining to Joyce, a membership form, a slide show of Joyce photographs, Gotham Book Mart information, and links to other Joyce websites.

Dear JJSociety Members, Mike Groden has alerted me to the sale that the University Press of Florida is having; six books are on Joyce:

Ulysses in Focus: Genetic, Textual, and Personal Views by Michael Groden

A Guide through Finnegans Wake by Edmund Lloyd Epstein

Who's Afraid of James Joyce? by Karen R. Lawrence Empire

Pilgrimage in Conrad and Joyce by Agata Szczeszak-Brewer

Foundational Essays in James Joyce Studies edited by Michael Patrick Gillespie

The Ghosts of Modernity by Jean-Michel Rabat

The University Press of Florida website is http://www.upf.com/ml...