Marly Youmans's Blog, page 116
July 30, 2012
New interview link
In answer to a request for another link: the WSKG interview has now shifted into archives and on-demand play. You may find it here, accompanied by an article by Bill Jaker, or else you may go to the full list of "Off the Page" shows with Mr. Jaker here. It's an hour-long show, so we had time to discuss and read from A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage, answer a couple of emailed and called-in
July 29, 2012
Sunday afternoon with Armide
Today I went to see Lully's Armide at Glimmerglass Opera with painter and singer (Aida chorus) Yolanda Sharpe and was better pleased overall than I was the last time around, when I was pleased in part only. It was interesting to see a Baroque French opera with a good deal of dancing (although the elderly lady sitting next to me slipped sideways into sleep during the dancing, she dozed gently and
July 28, 2012
Aunt Myra
Parasailing granny does it again (PHOTOS)
May 16, 2011 3:33 PM
Destin Log staff reports
FROM PREVIOUS YEARS:
OH, CHUTE! 92-year-old has a blast with birthday parasail
Myra Morris celebrates her 94th birthday with style in Destin. The South Carolina native has been parasailing with Captain John of Gilligan’s Parasail every year for her birthday for the past seven years.
Morris and her eldest
May 16, 2011 3:33 PM
Destin Log staff reports
FROM PREVIOUS YEARS:
OH, CHUTE! 92-year-old has a blast with birthday parasail
Myra Morris celebrates her 94th birthday with style in Destin. The South Carolina native has been parasailing with Captain John of Gilligan’s Parasail every year for her birthday for the past seven years.
Morris and her eldest
July 26, 2012
Blog End
To blog or not to blog? All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. --Faux-Shakespeare + Tolkien
Last week I was contemplating whether I ought to stop blogging--to shut the door on my little house at Blog End, and let the habit sleep... I tend to get a good number of visitors, and lots of comments on facebook links on posts, but I still felt a little unsure about whether
Last week I was contemplating whether I ought to stop blogging--to shut the door on my little house at Blog End, and let the habit sleep... I tend to get a good number of visitors, and lots of comments on facebook links on posts, but I still felt a little unsure about whether
Page for "The Foliate Head"
Tada! Here's a page for The Foliate Head (UK: Stanza Press, 2012.) The poetry collection, out this month, is a limited edition of 300. If you want a copy, I recommend that you get it soon. I know it's available directly through Stanza Press and also through various Amazon sites, and of course one can always order through your favorite indie bookstore.
It is a special thing--a remarkably
It is a special thing--a remarkably
July 25, 2012
Amis on poetry & a response
from David Wallace-Wells, "New New Yorker Martin Amis talks about terrorism, pornography, idyllic Brooklyn and American in decline"
Amis: It’s why poetry is in retreat, very generally. What a poem does, what a lyric poem does, is stop the clock. It goes, right—we’re going to look at this moment, this epiphany, this little revelatory meditation on mood and setting. And the clock is going to
Amis: It’s why poetry is in retreat, very generally. What a poem does, what a lyric poem does, is stop the clock. It goes, right—we’re going to look at this moment, this epiphany, this little revelatory meditation on mood and setting. And the clock is going to
July 24, 2012
Interview at 1:00
Reminder: I'll be on "Off the Page" with Bill Jaker of WSKG (Binghamton region NPR) at 1:00 EST in the afternoon, repeating at 7:00. The talk will be available on the radio or as live stream or afterward on demand here, to the right of Mr. Jaker's article about the book. We'll be talking about A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage, as well as The Throne of Psyche and the two upcoming books
July 23, 2012
Today, yesterday...
I was up till about 2:00 a.m. doing by duty as a judge (that is, reading till my eyes bugged out) and now am going to take the morning to look over A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage and The Throne of Psyche for tomorrow's radio interview in Binghamton. And I'll pick out a couple of things from The Foliate Head and Thaliad to read. I have so many other books rattling around in my head that I
July 21, 2012
"A young, naive invertebrate," or, frolicsome facts about the state of books, c. 2012
“Why is anyone the way they are? That’s kind of hard to answer. Why do some people like cheese and other people hate it? Do you like cheese?” --According to EW.com, that critical powerhouse, this quote refers to Christian Grey's odd preferences. And here I will confess that a. I do like cheese and b. that I have never so much as cracked the spine on 50 Shades. Naughty, but I imagine I'll be
Bill Jaker on A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage
Bill Jaker of WSKG (Binghamton, NY) has written an extended piece on A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage in preparation for our 1:00 talk on "Off the Page" on Tuesday, July 24th.
