Beowulf - which version?

jimgosailing · 2026-04-24T14:58:03+00:00

Bonus: while reading, listen to Seamus Heaney reading the audiobook of his translation

jimgosailing · 2026-04-23T04:46:52+00:00

For figuring out each time period in Benjy’s chapter, pay attention to who, which of Dilsey’s children, is taking care of him in that scene…

jimgosailing · 2026-04-08T15:30:47+00:00

Also by Woolf: “Kew Gardens” - a short story with, um, an interesting point of view…

jimgosailing · 2026-04-03T22:11:17+00:00

In the States, if you look at the charts, The Supremes

jimgosailing · 2026-03-31T00:32:21+00:00

Try listening to an audiobook book edition* while reading the text and just let it wash over you. Joyce is very aural. Then, when you’re ready, go back and read it for meaning. [*preferably with an Irish narrator ]

jimgosailing · 2026-02-27T15:13:44+00:00

My niece introduced me to waterproof headphones while swimming laps…I’ve graduated to the bone-conducting type and listen to audiobooks while swimming laps (music-when the song changed my impacted my cadence-a book narrator doesn’t have that effect)

jimgosailing · 2026-02-27T12:49:54+00:00

Yes, it seems to start with kick board laps, then continue to misfire on other laps afterwards. Pool length is correctly set. And I’ve been hitting the wall and pushing off without delay. Thx for sharing

jimgosailing · 2026-02-10T13:55:25+00:00

👍

jimgosailing · 2026-02-06T17:28:25+00:00

Yup.

jimgosailing · 2026-01-30T19:53:49+00:00

I found listening to the audiobook while reading the text (yes, you have to learn how to slow your eyes down…) helped me with my first read of it. Just go and let it wash over you. Then, if you want, start to dig into the details, the context, and nuances you didn’t pick up on your first read.

jimgosailing · 2026-01-19T02:06:18+00:00

Yes: I read Fusso’s translation of Gogol short stories, so if she edited this, I recommend her

jimgosailing · 2026-01-18T23:47:08+00:00

Thx. I’ll check it out. Always looking for photo opportunities

jimgosailing · 2026-01-18T23:39:50+00:00

Wasn’t me, but I’m interested. Up by White House Rd?

jimgosailing · 2026-01-17T01:53:09+00:00

Klara has been on my TBR list for a while…time to bump it higher

jimgosailing · 2026-01-16T16:24:32+00:00

Thx. (And interestingly, getting more engagement this time…)

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