James Joyce James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century. Joyce is best known for "Ulysses" (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer's "Odyssey" are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, most famously stream of consciousness. Other well-known works are the short-story collection "Dubliners" (1914), and the novels "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" (1916) and "Finnegans Wake" (1939).
Two Gallants (band) was released in September 2007 on Saddle Creek and debuted at number 29 on "Billboard"'s Top Heatseeker's Chart. Produced by Alex Newport, the band's eponymous album was noted for being much more sonically rich than previous albums while still retaining the same basic guitar/drum sound and storytelling themes, though "Two Gallants" has more personal themes of love, loss and absence rather than the social themes found on "What the Toll Tells". "Two Gallants" received a score of 69 out of 100 on Metacritic, "generally favorable reviews". A writer for "Alternative Press" remarked that "their take on Delta blues and twisted