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Bloomsday 2011: Bloomsday Around The World (PHOTOS)

PHOTOS Bloomsday 2011: What Will People Be Doing This Year To Celebrate?
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Every year on June 16th, James Joyce lovers celebrate Bloomsday to commemorate his modernist masterpiece "Ulysses." "Ulysses" chronicles a day, June 16, 1904, in the lives of Leopold Bloom, Molly Bloom and Stephen Dedalus.

"Ulysses" fans around the world spend this special day honoring both the novel and Joyce in many different ways. From Dublin to New York City, we have catalogued some of the more interesting things people do on June 16th.

How do YOU celebrate Bloomsday?

Let us know in the comments!

A Bloomsday Breakfast in Bryant Park(01 of02)
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If you're in New York, Culture Ireland and the Irish Arts Center are hosting a free Irish breakfast in Bryant Park. There will be dancing, reading and free food. All you have to do is RSVP. (credit:AP)
Machine Project's Bloomsday Silent Read-A-Thon(02 of02)
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Starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m., the Machine Project in Los Angeles' Echo Park will enable participants to read "Ulysses" in its entirety. In order to do this, readers must sweep through the text at over 100 pages an hour (a very lofty goal), but there will be chairs, spare copies of the novel and a coffee shop next door. (credit:Flickr/ [casey])

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