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Jumping for Joyce, and Other News

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Gerald Mynott, "Towards the New World, Dublin Harbour" via Francis Kyle Gallery

Gerald Mynott, “Towards the New World, Dublin Harbour” via Francis Kyle Gallery

  • Sci-fi or fantasy fan? Hie on over to Tor.com, where the site is celebrating its fifth birthday by giving away a free anthology.
  • A class at the University of Utah will examine the Book of Mormon as literature. The actual book, not the musical.
  • The Francis Kyle Gallery is mounting a show titled “Jumping for Joyce: Contemporary Painters Revel in the World of James Joyce.” We would have gone with “Joyce Division,” but carry on.
  • A new study says journalism students are consuming virtually no print journalism.
  • Meanwhile, Penn Jillette is characteristically defiant about his abandonment of print: “I always read electronic. I won’t touch paper any more even if water damage costs me a few devices.”
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