Ulysses in 80 2026: In Conversation with Clare Hutton

Clare Hutton joins Mark Sanford Gross and Cliona O’Farrelly for the final conversation in the 2026 Speakers Series, part of Ulysses in 80’s annual 80-day global reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses.A leading Joyce scholar and author of Serial Encounters: Ulysses and the Little Review, Clare brings us back to the extraordinary story of how Ulysses first reached its readers — and to the women who helped bring Joyce’s novel into the world.The conversation moves through the history of Ulysses, its publication, its readers, and the ways we continue to encounter the novel more than a century later.And as Clare reminds us, Molly Bloom gets the last word in Ulysses.So it seems only fitting that, for the last words of the 2026 Speakers Series component of Ulysses in 80, we leave them with Clare Hutton.Visit ulyssesin80.com to explore the complete archive of Ulysses in 80 2026 — an annual 80-day global reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses and for more information on the annual reading.Ulysses for Everyone.Ulysses in 80 A global reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses, moving through the book together over eighty days.📧 Contact: [email protected] 2026 reading is June 1 to August 19th.