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Secret/poem + Induction weekend

Here's 
a new blank verse poem up at The North American Anglican...

Take a look? You can even comment, it appears...

Enjoy!





And...
notes from the Saturday of Induction weekend
at The Baseball Hall of Fame...


Escaped to Glimmerglass State Park with Michael and child no. 3 for a break from Baseball Hall of Fame induction-weekend madness. We planned to paddle about in Otsego Lake.

First pre-pub review!

"Youmans (@marlyyoumans), who lives in upstate New York, has just published a stunning collection of poems that comprise “The Book Of The Red King” ($15.95 in paperback from Phoenicia Publishing, phoeniciapublishing.com/book-of-the-r...), illustrated by Clive Hicks-Jenkins." --Dan Barnett, Book Columnist, Chico Enterprise-Record



Read the whole review HERE.



Also picked up by

Pre-orders have been extended to the 19th...

Pre-orders have been extended to the 19th...

5 more PP-preorder days--

Art by the great Clive Hicks-Jenkins of Wales.
Design by Elizabeth Adams.


Five days left to pre-order The Book of the Red King in hardcover or paperback from Phoenicia Publishing, nab a discount, and support the small press directly. (Hardcovers will only be available from the publisher; paperbacks will be available widely.)

Praise for THE BOOK OF THE RED KING

"Marly Youmans is brilliant,

Midsummer reads

Despite rushing-about, despite progeny, despite getting ready for The Book of the Red King, and despite celebrating the 4th of July over three days of barbecues and events and fireworks, I have been managing to do a little reading. And as it is feeling good, I thought to share the list. Please add your own midsummer list in the comments if you're reading something you like...





Irene McManus,

Pre-orders begin! The Book of the Red King

Marly Youmans

The Book of the Red King. 



Hardcover jacket or paperback cover and interior illuminationsby Clive Hicks-Jenkins.





Offered in hardcover and paperback editions;
both available for special pre-order through July 15,directly from Phoenicia Publishing via PayPal or credit card.


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Please see my updated page for the book HERE.
Blurbs from Kelly Cherry, Kim

"Carolina Prize Writing Contest Judges Announced, Deadline Approaching" - The Grey Area News

Carolina Prize Writing Contest Judges Announced, Deadline Approaching - The Grey Area News: By Donna Campbell Smith

The Franklin County Arts Council’s Writers’ Guild is sponsoring its fifth annual Carolina Prize Writing Contest.  It is open to writers of any age and location for previously unpublished (this includes online publication) poetry, short stories, essays or creative non-fiction....

The lure of the Red King

Art by Kim Vanderheiden.

Here is just one of twelve works
made by artist Kim Vanderheiden
in response to a single poem from The Book of the Red King. Am I astonished? Yes, I am astonished.Where possible, readings
will be accompanied by images of art-in-response by Kim, Clive Hicks-Jenkins (my longtime book-illuminator),and Mary Boxley Bullington.What a deeply touching thing to have serious

Now that's a surprise--

Genealogically-minded distant cousin, William Wallace Tabbot, informs me that William Faulkner is my fifth cousin twice removed. And to think how obsessed I was with him in high school...

The Little Blue Books of Angela Kallus

Angela Kallus, Josephine. 2017. Ink, pastel and watercolor washes, chalk pastel, and graphite on paper. 14 1/4″ x 10 3/4″.Image: Athenaeum Review.


Recommending: An interesting 2017 interview, "Angela Kallus: Waterloo," at Athenaeum Review. Images of Kallus's series of works that star Little Blue Books can be seen as well--the picture above is from the interview. And you should google her to