Dear Frank, Thank you. Thank you for being the most captivating literary guide I’ve ever heard. Your wit, wisdom and the most incredible tangents you could wish for. I loved every moment of your paragraph by paragraph tour of Ulysses. I made it through Covid thanks to you and the Re:Joyce podcast. I’m not sure I’ll ever find such an storyteller/guide into the world of Joyce but I’m thrilled to have discovered you. I’m off to enjoy the rest of Joyce and your own works as well. Cheers!

I recommend this podcast for Ulysses readers and casual listeners alike. It has so much information packed into the episodes and listening to Frank’s voice is always a delight

The relationship between a writer and a reader is a quintessential form of human intimacy. When the words of a writer are spoken with care and with craft, this feeling is multiplied manyfold. That is what I love most about Re:Joyce, a one-of-a-kind retelling of James Joyce’s Ulysses. From Frank Delaney’s mouth to your ear, this experience offers welcome companionship to anyone interested in what happens Tuesday the 16th of June, 1904, on the streets of Dublin, Ireland. While much has been said about Frank Delaney’s eloquence--and his mellifluous brogue--it is Frank’s humor and humanity that holds me in the dark hours of early morning. I choose to listen to these podcasts when I awake too early and find myself in that deep crevasse between sleeping and waking while the mind is still unmoored by its dreams and the world has not quite resolved into the day we are about to live. Frank recommends you follow along on the printed page as he recites the text and glosses its many synaptic allusions. Having already read the book on paper a couple of times, I can say that is sound advice. And maybe someday I will follow it. But this first time around with Frank, I have permitted my mind’s eye free reign, undistracted by the over-efforting of my eye’s mind. Truth be told, I crave the pure hedonistic pleasures and comforts of Frank’s obliging company as he relays to me Joyce’s synecdoche of a time and a place where one day some citizens got up and got out and lived and breathed... only to live and breath again and again when someone picks up the book or downloads this podcast. What Frank once said about Joyce could be said about his own efforts to make this book accessible to all: “Above all, Joyce taught every writer the importance of naturalistic dialogue; with his fine tenor voice Joyce knew better than most that we read not with the eye but with the ear.” -HAVE FAITH- It takes Frank a dozen or more episodes to get the format right. So please bear with him. But once he wins the attention of a patron willing to back his efforts, he finds his rhythm and the episodes stretch out. --SPOILER ALERT-- Notwithstanding the book’s 265,222 words, nothing really happens in Ulysses. But we can say the same about most days lived by most people despite all the hours spent doing and going, wondering and toiling. (We celebrate birthdays and anniversaries precisely because most days pass by unnoticed at the time and unremembered soon after.) This book stirs love and hate--not to mention confusion and annoyance--precisely because Joyce’s project is is to make a whole lot of something out of a whole lot of nothing. (Confession: I don’t know why I continue returning to this book, and I scarcely ever recommend anybody else read it. And yet for all the reasons that reason cannot know, I keep taking picking it up over and over again year after year.) And so my spoiler has nothing to do with the plot of the book. It has to do with Frank’s Folly. He began his weekly podcasts in 2010. A year into this enterprise, he had analyzed only the first of the book’s 18 episodes. Deconstructing the entire book at that rate, he estimated then, would take another 30 years. He was already in his early 70s when he set out. Do the math. A sudden stroke took him away in 2017. I wept when I heard the news. The next morning I downloaded another episode and let him read to me.

Essential listening for anybody struggling through the great work. The podcaster infects us with his joyous insight.

This weekly podcast breaks down James Joyce's novel Ulysses piece-by-piece with an energetic and informed host who beats out any annotated text in terms of sheer entertainment value. If you're curious about Ulysses but find it slow-going and abstruse, Delaney is the perfect guide to experiencing the famous text and its array of hints and hidden qualities, all while having good fun with a natural storyteller who brings these tidbits to life with many an evocative anecdote.

Delaney is pure delight - erudite, educated, funny, and to the point. I couldn't read Ulysses without this podcast. It even got me to Dublin. Thank you Frank! (and James)

Delaney is the perfect guide for this walking tour through Ulysses.

I miss you already.

Frank Delaney was a lovely man and this was the most informative, wittiest, most informed, and altogether delightful literary podcast. In fact, I cannot think of a better literary broadcast of any kind. May your god go with you, Mr Delaney, you were one of a kind and we will miss you more than we can say.

It was announced this morning that Frank Delaney died at the age of 74. His website has links to the Irish Times article and it was also covered by the New York Times. I have loved this podcast and will miss Delaney's witty and erudite commentary. I hope someone will take up his labor of love and continue to guide us through the work that he so obviously loved deeply.

Witty. Impassioned. Researched.

This is a treasure for any reader and writer, a generous gift from Frank, a brilliant man.

I meant it. His love pours through every episode. There's so much already and so much left to go. If you're reading Ulysses, this guy's invaluable.

This is one of the joys of my week. Joyce was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, and the deeper you look the more beauty and brilliance you find. It’s endless. This podcast makes Joyce accessible and reveals much of his artistry. Highly recommended.

Getting Joyce delivered in little mouthfuls like a rare liquer chocolate is tantalising and seductive. I'm loving every episode and can't express my gratitude enough. This is a writer's gift yet it's also delivered with humour and animation. I shall now buy Delaney's own books so hopefully all the work he's putting into this gift to us will be repaid in a little way. Thank you Frank Delaney and please keep going; your formula is perfect!

I've read the book several ties. I feel I understand the larger narrative. But this line-by-line examination is wonderful exploration of the language and detail and nuace of the thing. I loook forward to bronze by gold.

Listen to the master, Frank Delaney, in Episode 240A. There really is no wrong way to do it but, as in Zen, adopting a particular way may help. THANK YOU, MR. DELANEY, you are loved.

How can Frank Delaney give us this for free? The is the greatest podcast gift. I for one am too grateful to express. I have loved every installment and will keep going, Better than any book of criticism. Thank you thank you!

If only there were podcasts like this for all my books. Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication in putting this together.

NPR's "Most Eloquent Man in the World," author, broadcaster and Joycean scholar, Frank Delaney, delivers historical content, word origins and meaning to every word of James Joyce's "Ulysses." Delaney's professional skill and personal love bleed through every episode. Absolutely love it.

I haven't even listened to an episode of this yet, but based on Delaney's discussion with Christopher Ryan, I'm sure you'd actually need to have a 6th or 7th star to give Re: Joyce a proper rating. Why are there only 54 reviews on here? And why are only 52 of them five star ratings? Neither the two or three star ratings have attendant explanations. Must be jealous Joyce scholars who were mad that he figured out the Ede thing. This man exudes joy. He makes you proud to be a human. He turns "absolutely" into three discreet words -- just as it should be. Mr. Delaney - please, please, PLEASE come back on Tangentially Speaking sometime and talk about your life (or books, or anything really) some more. You are one of my favorite guests Chris has had on his show, and that's saying a lot!

To say this is the best podcast I've encountered is not nearly enough of an accolade it is simply fantastic I've always wanted to read Ulysses, and this has motivated me. I hope both Delaney and I make it for the duration.

I'm half way through the book and the appendix episodes are motivating me to keep going. Thank you.

I download alot of podcasts, but this is the only one I never miss! In fact, it's usually the first thing I do on Wednesday morning. I am confident that I am speaking for Mr. Delaney's followers when I say to please, please, please add more weekly podcasts. I understand you are a busy man and have to make a living (I love your writing also), but perhaps you can devise a way to donate money through your website. From a literary standpoint, your spirited dissection of each sentence is an invaluable contribution to the comprehension of this complex and necessary novel. Your easy, down-home approach makes Ulysses accessible to thousands of people like me who would otherwise find the plodding too obscure and intimidating. Keep up the good work, and for Pete's sake, avoid any circumstance that could impede the quality of your golden voice!

Please continue, i can't get enough re:joyce

I first tried to read this wonder in 1981 to despair. Again, a few years later. Only now, through Dr. Delaney's insights and scholarship, have these podcasts kindled a program of sincere research necessary for understanding the depth and breadth of thought which animates Ulysseys. This will take us into old age, yes. But gloriously!

This is the best podcast! I look forward to every installment and the bonus episodes as well. Thank you Sir and I hope we all make it to the end of this classic!

A must have along with the nook. His love for Ireland and Joyce and history and mystery comes through. If you're jumping in, go back and start at the beginning.

I could listen forever, and I just may.

I've stopped smoking and started wearing my seatbelt to improve my chances of listening to this for the next 28 years.

This is terrific. 5 minutes to learn something about Ulysses. A worthy endeavor

This may take Frank 28 years to complete -- as he guessed on NPR, but I'm there with him the whole way. I love this!

Thank you so much!!!! Rejoyced Cecilia.

Mr. Delaney's podcast is both edifying and entertaining! His voice is wonderfully musical and his enthusiasm for, and admiration of, Joyce is infectious. Delaney's presentation is a winning combination of a riveting lecture by your favorite college professor AND a virtuoso tale spun by a silver-tongued regular at your favorite Dublin pub. Bravo! Hey Mr. D: Any chance you might do a DUBLINERS podcast next?

This podcast gives Ulysses the attention it deserves. He revisits the novel one paragraph at a time and really gives his listeners the detail needed to digest this dense novel.

This book really needs a cheerleader, and Frank is something of the ideal professor giving his favorite lecture: excited, enthusiastic, passionate and engaging. His no-holds-barred decision stop and make a new podcast every few sentences is hilarious, given that the book is over 700pp! We all may be dead before he finishes, but it will be fun to listen to and see how far he gets. It works for me, as I haven't been reading much faster than this, anyway. It's been slow going, even with an annotated guide at hand, and Frank helps give a fresh perspective and a bit of much-needed cameraderie on the journey...

Every great book should have a podcast like this one. Looking forward to this literary journey with Mr. Delaney at my side. His love for Ulysses is positively infectious.

Every week, Frank moves digs another paragraph deeper into Ulysses. I've never read the book, but I am now hooked - Frank's insight and commentary is deep, involved, and hilarious. It will probably take him fifteen years to get through the whole thing - if he keeps it up the whole way, I'll keep listening.