Stephen Colbert, Brian Cox, and Claire Danes would like to read you some James Joyce
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James Joyce’s Ulysses, considered by some to be the greatest novel ever written, is the centerpiece of Bloomsday, an annual celebration of the author’s work that regularly finds stars of the stage and screen reveling in his playful, often impenetrable language. Every year, parties, parades, and performances devoted to the text unfold on June 16, the day in which Ulysses unfolds, though they’re unlikely to stray too far from the page this year.