Marly Youmans's Blog, page 151
May 24, 2011
At Cullowhee, The Throne of Psyche, Green Toad reading
A reading from The Throne of Psyche
(Mercer University Press)
7:00 p.m. Thursday May 26
The Green Toad Bookstore
198 Main St., Oneonta NY
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Not pink shell azalea but rhododendron!
Pink, though!
Picture by my mother, Cullowhee, May 2011.
This poem is one that was requested by a number of people at my recent reading at City Lights in Sylva, North Carolina. I went to high school in Cullowhee
(Mercer University Press)
7:00 p.m. Thursday May 26
The Green Toad Bookstore
198 Main St., Oneonta NY
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Not pink shell azalea but rhododendron!
Pink, though!
Picture by my mother, Cullowhee, May 2011.
This poem is one that was requested by a number of people at my recent reading at City Lights in Sylva, North Carolina. I went to high school in Cullowhee
May 23, 2011
The House of Words (no. 28), Dave Bonta and the internet, 8 (qarrtsiluni)
Anne Morrison Smyth
in qarrtsiluni
MY: How and why did you and Beth Adams begin qarrtsiluni? What has surprised you along the way?
DB: Beth and I were part of a group of creative writers and artists, all bloggers, who came together to launch qarrtsiluni in August 2005 as a group-writing/publishing exercise. We took turns as editors, two and three at a time, of what were at first monthly
in qarrtsiluni
MY: How and why did you and Beth Adams begin qarrtsiluni? What has surprised you along the way?
DB: Beth and I were part of a group of creative writers and artists, all bloggers, who came together to launch qarrtsiluni in August 2005 as a group-writing/publishing exercise. We took turns as editors, two and three at a time, of what were at first monthly
The House of Words (no. 27), Dave Bonta and the internet, 7
Dave's "porcupine tree,"
a ridgetop chestnut
MY: Moreover because you have no reluctance to give your blog "first publication rights" for poems or photographs or short films, you always have interesting and varied material. In fact, you have none of the need to tally up publications that so many poets do — so many being tied to colleges and universities. You appear to have a remarkable
Dave's "porcupine tree,"
a ridgetop chestnut
MY: Moreover because you have no reluctance to give your blog "first publication rights" for poems or photographs or short films, you always have interesting and varied material. In fact, you have none of the need to tally up publications that so many poets do — so many being tied to colleges and universities. You appear to have a remarkable
May 21, 2011
Poems at "The Flea"
Special Mermaid Tavern issue
in honor of "The Flea"
on its second natal day--
two years of blood and song.
I have three poems in the Mermaid Tavern issue of "The Flea," two of them written expressly for this roistering, carousing celebration! They also fit into my The Book of the Red King sequence: "Song of the Fisher-Folk"; "Fool's Toast to the Red King"; and "The Mermaid Tavern."
The Flea
in honor of "The Flea"
on its second natal day--
two years of blood and song.
I have three poems in the Mermaid Tavern issue of "The Flea," two of them written expressly for this roistering, carousing celebration! They also fit into my The Book of the Red King sequence: "Song of the Fisher-Folk"; "Fool's Toast to the Red King"; and "The Mermaid Tavern."
The Flea
The House of Words (no. 26): Being in cahoots with other artists
More Bontasaurus wisdom tomorrow! Today's post reflects on yesterday's theme of collaboration and how it has surprised me along the way...
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One thing that the web has brought me is friendship with artists in my and other fields and collaboration with them. If you are lucky, certain friendships can even be inspiring. Here are a few examples of how I have mixed up the media with friends!
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One thing that the web has brought me is friendship with artists in my and other fields and collaboration with them. If you are lucky, certain friendships can even be inspiring. Here are a few examples of how I have mixed up the media with friends!
May 20, 2011
Reading from "The Throne of Psyche" at The Green Toad Bookstore, Oneonta, May 26, 7 p.m.
Marly not at the Green Toad but in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2009
House of Words (no. 25): Dave Bonta and the internet, 6
Dave Bonta, "Brush Mountain under ice,"
February 2011
MY: One thing I notice about the online part of what publishers call "presence" — particularly through Facebook and sometimes through my blog — is that I meet people who want to collaborate. I don't always have the time for this, but I have met wonderful artists in various fields this way. They have given me far more than I can ever give
February 2011
MY: One thing I notice about the online part of what publishers call "presence" — particularly through Facebook and sometimes through my blog — is that I meet people who want to collaborate. I don't always have the time for this, but I have met wonderful artists in various fields this way. They have given me far more than I can ever give
May 18, 2011
Maquettes and Myra: wholly unrelated M's
Dave Telfer's shot of Clive
before the opening of "Clive Hicks Jenkins"
at The National Library of Wales, The Gregynog Gallery.
If you go to Telfer's Culture Colony site here, you can see a film
(a collaborative effort by Clive, Peter Wakelin, and Dave Telfer)
showing how Clive manipulates his maquettes to gain new ideas.
This film is one of two featured at Clive's retrospective show.
before the opening of "Clive Hicks Jenkins"
at The National Library of Wales, The Gregynog Gallery.
If you go to Telfer's Culture Colony site here, you can see a film
(a collaborative effort by Clive, Peter Wakelin, and Dave Telfer)
showing how Clive manipulates his maquettes to gain new ideas.
This film is one of two featured at Clive's retrospective show.
The House of Words (no. 24): Dave Bonta and internet publishing, 5
Dave takes a picture at Rhoneymeade--
arboretum, sculpture garden, and labyrinth.
Back to The House of Words after travels in the Carolinas and Wales, where I met Dave Bonta in the flesh at Ty Isaf. He is as remarkable a fellow as one would imagine, after meeting him on his blog, and so he is one of the many reasons that I am glad that I drove to North Carolina, hopped on planes in Asheville
arboretum, sculpture garden, and labyrinth.
Back to The House of Words after travels in the Carolinas and Wales, where I met Dave Bonta in the flesh at Ty Isaf. He is as remarkable a fellow as one would imagine, after meeting him on his blog, and so he is one of the many reasons that I am glad that I drove to North Carolina, hopped on planes in Asheville
