Sources

Many resources proved useful in the writing of this novel. Joseph Allen Boone’s Libidinal Currents: Sexuality and the Shaping of Modernism and Michael North’s Reading 1922: A Return to the Scene of the Modern were both invaluable. Slavoj Žižek’s The Parallax View illuminated the term, discussed in Ulysses. Michael’s idea about insurance policy trades stems from “What’s Your Life Worth?” by James Vlahos (New York Times, August 12, 2012). Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Why a Haggadah?” (New York Times, March 31, 2012) was instrumental for Stephen’s seder, as was New American Seder. Ann Patchett’s Bel Canto offered a pleasurable and illuminating foray into opera.

Lastly, each chapter in this novel contains lines excerpted from its corresponding episode in Ulysses. For a list, please refer to the author’s website at www.mayalang.com.