I was walking my dog thinking about James Joyce’s “The Dead” when I saw STELLAN and picked up the blue chalk in the park. The night before I had been to dinner with a new friend who told me a story about reading Joyce’s story: how it cracks him open, at a certain point, every time.
“The Dead” is about a Christmas party, Gabriel at his aunts’ Christmas p…
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