Marly Youmans's Blog, page 15
May 20, 2019
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...
May 15, 2019
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
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
May 10, 2019
Red King has a Heffalump, it seems...
Pub date TBA soon...
HEFFALUMP!
Here's one of the interior images for my The Book of the Red King poetry collection, one recently shared in The Rollipoke along with a cockatrice (!) and some poems about the Fool and the Red King... Interior and exterior art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Phoenicia Publishing
CC: twitter, facebook
HEFFALUMP!
Here's one of the interior images for my The Book of the Red King poetry collection, one recently shared in The Rollipoke along with a cockatrice (!) and some poems about the Fool and the Red King... Interior and exterior art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Phoenicia Publishing
CC: twitter, facebook
Red King has a Hefalump, it seems...
Pub date TBA soon...
HEFALUMP!
Here's one of the interior images for my The Book of the Red King poetry collection, one recently shared in The Rollipoke along with a cockatrice (!) and some poems about the Fool and the Red King... Interior and exterior art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Phoenicia Publishing
CC: twitter, facebook
HEFALUMP!
Here's one of the interior images for my The Book of the Red King poetry collection, one recently shared in The Rollipoke along with a cockatrice (!) and some poems about the Fool and the Red King... Interior and exterior art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Phoenicia Publishing
CC: twitter, facebook
May 6, 2019
Down and out in Cripplegate Ward
John Rocque's 1746 map of London, showing Grub Street in Cripplegate Ward, above and to the right of St. Giles and the Cripple-gate churchyard--running from Chiswell to Fore Street. Public domain, via Wikipedia
I'm afraid there was no wondrous golden time for writers--oh, there were times when disparate talents came together in one region and vied with one another, but even then there was
I'm afraid there was no wondrous golden time for writers--oh, there were times when disparate talents came together in one region and vied with one another, but even then there was
May 2, 2019
Symbols and Pronouns, Ships and Women
Hervé Cozanet,The bow and the figureof schooner Recouvrance in Brest, 2006Creative Commons - Share Alike 3.0Sourced via Wikipedia
Symbols often explain some underlying shape of the world as it has been understood for millennia. History can suggest how long a symbol has been present. Language refers to and reveals those symbols. And language is a curious thing. Looked at closely, it can reveal
Symbols often explain some underlying shape of the world as it has been understood for millennia. History can suggest how long a symbol has been present. Language refers to and reveals those symbols. And language is a curious thing. Looked at closely, it can reveal
April 25, 2019
Poetry matters
New poems both online and in print for subscribers, if you happen to be one...
"The Library's Child" appears in the Canadian (from the Cardus think tank in Ontario) journal Comment: The Books Issue (Spring 2019), edited by John Wilson, one of the world's great readers and editors. Thanks to him for asking.
"The Master of the Embroidered Foliage" is published in the May 5th issue of The Living
"The Library's Child" appears in the Canadian (from the Cardus think tank in Ontario) journal Comment: The Books Issue (Spring 2019), edited by John Wilson, one of the world's great readers and editors. Thanks to him for asking.
"The Master of the Embroidered Foliage" is published in the May 5th issue of The Living
Winnowing the libraries
Nineteenth century artistic rendering of the Library of Alexandria by the German artist O. Von CorvenPublic domain, Wikipedia
Time is and always has been the great judge of the merit of books. Lost or long-forgotten books like the works of Edward Taylor and Emily Dickinson (left in manuscript) or John Donne (out of fashion for centuries) or Moby Dick (by heroic Melville, bravely writing on
Time is and always has been the great judge of the merit of books. Lost or long-forgotten books like the works of Edward Taylor and Emily Dickinson (left in manuscript) or John Donne (out of fashion for centuries) or Moby Dick (by heroic Melville, bravely writing on
April 20, 2019
Easter Triduum greetings--
A lovely crucifixion in linden (12" x 16″) by the interesting Montreal icon carver, Jonathan Pageau. From "Understanding the Icons of Holy Week," https://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/u.... You may meet facets of him at Orthodox Arts Journal, twitter, and YouTube. Go to his gallery at Pageau Carvings to see more of his art. I'm fond of his writings and podcasts about
April 14, 2019
A Causley poem for Holy Week
Composer Jussi Chydenius's
setting of "I Am the Great Sun" by Charles Causley,
a poem inspired by a seventeenth-century Normandy crucifix.
Hofstra Chamber Choir
David Fryling, Conductor
* * *
I AM THE GREAT SUN
I am the great sun, but you do not see me,
I am your husband, but you turn away.
I am the captive, but you do not free me,
I
setting of "I Am the Great Sun" by Charles Causley,
a poem inspired by a seventeenth-century Normandy crucifix.
Hofstra Chamber Choir
David Fryling, Conductor
* * *
I AM THE GREAT SUN
I am the great sun, but you do not see me,
I am your husband, but you turn away.
I am the captive, but you do not free me,
I
