Discussion Notes: After the Race Find this week’s story here: literature.com/james_joyce/952/">After the Race by James Joyce Next week’s story: The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens Rated: Clean The Literary Roadhouse hosts, sans Maya, discuss James Joyce’s short story “After the Race.” All three hosts walked away from their first reading the story scratching their heads. However, through discussion they came to appreciate some of its finer points and the political moment in which this story was written and published. Anais’s heavy research helped guide the story’s political themes, while Gerald and Rammy latched on to some of the more universal themes of aspiration and class. When it came to prose, Joyce is, well, Joyce. Love him or hate him. Wanna feel old? This story is over 100 years old!  ???? Also, Anais keeps calling Villona by the wrong name “Villanova.” D’oh! Did we miss a crucial piece of this story? Tell us below! Or on Twitter @litroadhouse or on our Facebook page. Also, don’t forget to rate the story! For the history of our goofy system, see Anais’ post “Read Short Stories or Ray Bradbury Cries.” On a scale of 1-6 Bradberries, how do you rate this story? Tell us in the comments below or via voicemail. Lastly, your reviews on iTunes help us grow. Please search Literary Roadhouse in iTunes and leave reviews for all of our shows.