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June 30, 2012
A refusal to post--
My head is a vessel full of grumbles today, and therefore I refuse to post! Because who wants to hear grumbles rather than frolic and joy? If you want to hear from me, go read A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage (which contains my heart, beating sometimes erratically but always strongly) or go to The Twittering Machine and find me there (https://twitter.com/marlyyoumans) or go plague yourself
June 28, 2012
Send chocolate
Update: from Phoenicia Publishing, here.
This morning I am working on arranging future book events and also reading books for the NBA-YPL award, and I have a feeling that most of my future 2012 summer days could be described as a mix of reading like mad, working on marketing for A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage and the two books coming soon, and scrambling to get through the final stages
This morning I am working on arranging future book events and also reading books for the NBA-YPL award, and I have a feeling that most of my future 2012 summer days could be described as a mix of reading like mad, working on marketing for A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage and the two books coming soon, and scrambling to get through the final stages
June 27, 2012
Thanks to poet Charlotte Innes--
Here's a vignette for my forthcoming long poem Thaliad(Montreal: Phoenicia Publishing, 11/2012.) Artwork byClive Hicks-Jenkins. Book design by Beth Adams,with many surprises to come.
Thanks to poet Charlotte Innes for writing about A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage on Eratosphere, facebook, and Amazon. And what is more surprising is that each passage is a little different to fit the
Thanks to poet Charlotte Innes for writing about A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage on Eratosphere, facebook, and Amazon. And what is more surprising is that each passage is a little different to fit the
June 26, 2012
Picked by the ghostwriter!
Tuesday "Twos" pick from Roxie, writer and ghostwriter: Multi-talented Youmans has penned novels, poetry, and young adult works but never before drew on her family history. The Depression-era novel traces the life of a young orphan jostled about by life’s unyielding pressure, refining his spirit as he struggles into adulthood. Heard it before? Not like this. Youmans gift is her prose... More
Thaliad & The Foliate Head
One of many new vignettes for Thaliad by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Read about it at Phoenicia Publishing of Montreal: forthcoming 11/2012
If you would like to see some images of the book in progress, hop to Clive's blog, where the title page and some other pages are on display. (You may scroll down and see lots and lots of the work for this book, and if you go back far enough, you'll bump into
Read about it at Phoenicia Publishing of Montreal: forthcoming 11/2012
If you would like to see some images of the book in progress, hop to Clive's blog, where the title page and some other pages are on display. (You may scroll down and see lots and lots of the work for this book, and if you go back far enough, you'll bump into
June 25, 2012
Ferry Day
I have updated my A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage page, including links to and quotes from new reviews. Hop here for more like this: It is a stunning book; both cruel and tender, dark and light,
but always shot through and stitched with a powerful beauty.
Yesterday was a ferry-the-youngest-to-one-of-many-of-his-summer-camps days, and I am grateful that I did not plant my husband's big
but always shot through and stitched with a powerful beauty.
Yesterday was a ferry-the-youngest-to-one-of-many-of-his-summer-camps days, and I am grateful that I did not plant my husband's big
June 22, 2012
Un-post. Really.
Clive Hicks-Jenkins, for Thaliad
I am ignoring posts in favor of reading NBA-Young People's Lit books. The mountain to be read and judged is beginning to make me feel just a tad guilty. And alas, I may not talk about what I am reading. Although I can say that the heap of books is starting to be a bit daunting! So: back tomorrow.
Here's a Clive Hicks-Jenkins vignette (for what will be the
I am ignoring posts in favor of reading NBA-Young People's Lit books. The mountain to be read and judged is beginning to make me feel just a tad guilty. And alas, I may not talk about what I am reading. Although I can say that the heap of books is starting to be a bit daunting! So: back tomorrow.
Here's a Clive Hicks-Jenkins vignette (for what will be the
June 21, 2012
Shelf Awareness and more
A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage at Shelf Awareness:
"Powerfully moving"
I'm grateful to Shannon McKenna Schmidt for a wonderful article, "Handselling Favorite: Nancy Olson's Novel Choice," about how Nancy Olson of Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh has championed A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage. (And yes, I am infinitely grateful to Nancy and her exuberant love for good books.) The
"Powerfully moving"
I'm grateful to Shannon McKenna Schmidt for a wonderful article, "Handselling Favorite: Nancy Olson's Novel Choice," about how Nancy Olson of Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh has championed A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage. (And yes, I am infinitely grateful to Nancy and her exuberant love for good books.) The
June 20, 2012
Finishing touch & book news--
For more about Clive Hicks-Jenkins, leap here.
Clive Hicks-Jenkins and Thalia
Here is the Clive Hicks-Jenkins front jacket of Thaliad, a long poem forthcoming from Phoenicia Publishing in Montreal some time after The Foliate Head (UK: Stanza Press) appears in the fall. The last bit was my name, and I was not expecting that zingy, fresh-spring-juice-and-wild-celery! I am glad that Clive chose
Clive Hicks-Jenkins and Thalia
Here is the Clive Hicks-Jenkins front jacket of Thaliad, a long poem forthcoming from Phoenicia Publishing in Montreal some time after The Foliate Head (UK: Stanza Press) appears in the fall. The last bit was my name, and I was not expecting that zingy, fresh-spring-juice-and-wild-celery! I am glad that Clive chose
June 19, 2012
The Quilted Girl
Thalia shows her face
Here is the face of Thalia (for my post-apocalyptic poem in blank verse, Thaliad, forthcoming from Phoenicia Publishing in Montreal) as conceived by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Clearly this is a foliate girl to go with the leafy man of The Foliate Head (a collection of poems forthcoming from Stanza Press in the UK.) Go here for Clive's account of his sources.
American quilts,
Here is the face of Thalia (for my post-apocalyptic poem in blank verse, Thaliad, forthcoming from Phoenicia Publishing in Montreal) as conceived by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Clearly this is a foliate girl to go with the leafy man of The Foliate Head (a collection of poems forthcoming from Stanza Press in the UK.) Go here for Clive's account of his sources.
American quilts,
