OK, so you seem to have that area covered. :laughing:
Really, don't worry about being "the most proficient at reading the Wake aloud" -
nobody really is - even Patrick Healy's reading is way too fast (but, it is Irish).
I know you can get the word out to folks who have interest - especially in a place like Buffalo -
an American heart of Joyce love. First, you have the desire mixed with the connections.
Hey, I'm in Dallas, Texas (?!) and out of a couple dozen people meeting at an Irish pub
for the very first get-together, I was the "old guy" there. It's still that way.

Start out the same way: meet at a favorite Irish pub. Talk about your love of the book
and that all of you are not there to necessarily understand it or brood over it, but to reJoyce
in all of the magical elements and humor, etc. that you get from it - that there aren't any "right" ways
of reading or understanding it. If you feel that you've "got it," then you've missed it entirely (like Zen).

Recommend other related books - and bring them to the get-together so that others can explore other avenues.
It's not like you'll be pulling random people off the street. They will come because they are interested
and will happily read as long as there isn't a fear of being a "correct" way of doing so
(it really is meant to be read aloud to get some cRaZy meanings out of it).
Don't be afraid of the "laughtears" that will ensue.
It's not like you're looking to put together an Oulipo writing group (tho that would be great too).

Chris Mc Gregor And The Brotherhood Of Breath:
My Life With A South African Jazz Pioneer
by Maxine Mc Gregor

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Blizzard of One

Poetry by Mark Strand

Keeping Things Whole by Mark Strand.

Am I the only one who finds reading a deceased author’s work erie, particularly a poets?

I think it’s weird we got back to back Mark Strand readers

It’s not weird lol. I was curious so I started reading him because you were. I tried to find that specific book, but to no avail.

I’m flattered

I’m enjoying the one I’m reading

You?

Well the one I read was just a short poem.
It was thought provoking.

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chilly scenes of winter ann beattie

What caught my eye was how they dealt with his father’s death, or at least how his mother did. “What is the meaning of this photograph?” was something I didn’t realize could have a deeper answer than initially appears.