Bloomsday enthusiasts get into the sartorial spirit of Ulysses in the novel's native town, Dublin. Julien Behal/PA Photos/Landov hide caption
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Eimear McBride won the 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for her debut novel, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing. The novel was rejected by publishers for almost a decade. Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for Baileys/Diageo hide caption
Ernest Hemingway was nearly as famous as a hunter and fisherman as he was a writer. AP hide caption
American writer Ernest Hemingway. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A commemorative 10-euro coin featuring James Joyce bears an image of the author that his literary estate did not approve. It also misquotes his work. Irish Central Bank hide caption
An image of Batgirl from the cover of "Batgirl 19," in which it is revealed that Batgirl's roommate is transgender. DC Comics hide caption
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