Richard Ellmann’s “James Joyce” is widely regarded as the greatest literary biography of the 20th century, much as some see Joyce’s novel “Ulysses,” published in 1922, as its supreme work of fiction. ...

This Major League Baseball season will be different than any in the league's 120+ year history, 'cause a computer will, in part, call balls and strikes ... but is it a good thing?! That's the question ...

Gabrielle Carey cast a distinctive shadow within Australian writing, one you miss acutely only when it is no longer bodily present, even as elements of her essence remain as words on the page. She was ...

James Joyce’s novel Ulysses, one of the most impactful ever written in the English language, will be celebrated on June 16 in an event known as Bloomsday. From Australia to Santa Barbara, devoted fans ...

“It was the biggest call of my career, and I kicked the [bleep] out of it….I just cost that kid a perfect game.” — MLB Umpire Jim Joyce I’ll admit, this is new territory for me. I mean, in my nearly ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major League Baseball will consider expanding the use of instant replay after a botched call by an umpire cost a Detroit Tigers pitcher a perfect game, Commissioner Bud Selig said ...

In 1949, a university professor on sabbatical in Paris discovered he was there at an opportune moment in literary history. A bookstore was hosting an exhibit of personal effects of James Joyce, the ...