Marly Youmans's Blog, page 152
May 15, 2011
Why I simply cannot pronounce Welsh
Standing, l-r: Callum James. Dave Bonta.
Seated, l-r: Damian Walford Davies, Ian Hamilton
who read for the late Catriona Urquhart, Andrea Selch,
Clive Hicks-Jenkins, and Marly Youmans.
The reading at Aberystwyth University Art Centre
for The Book of Ystwyth: Six poets on the art of Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Photo from Clive's Artlog.
One of the challenges of reading a poem with Welsh words in it was
Seated, l-r: Damian Walford Davies, Ian Hamilton
who read for the late Catriona Urquhart, Andrea Selch,
Clive Hicks-Jenkins, and Marly Youmans.
The reading at Aberystwyth University Art Centre
for The Book of Ystwyth: Six poets on the art of Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Photo from Clive's Artlog.
One of the challenges of reading a poem with Welsh words in it was
May 14, 2011
Alighting from Wales: Cullowhee, the valley of lilies
Robin Rudd takes a picture. May 12.
More on Wales and travels after I make it to Cooperstown...
Here is a picture with me at the middle level of the house in Cullowhee, taken by Robin Rudd (aka Robin Egg), one of my students from last summer when I was writer-in-residence at Hollins. Robin has just finished her M.F.A. there and came up from Greenville, South Carolina for my reading at City
More on Wales and travels after I make it to Cooperstown...
Here is a picture with me at the middle level of the house in Cullowhee, taken by Robin Rudd (aka Robin Egg), one of my students from last summer when I was writer-in-residence at Hollins. Robin has just finished her M.F.A. there and came up from Greenville, South Carolina for my reading at City
May 11, 2011
From Aberystwyth to Cullowhee
Back from Aberystwyth, Wales via Birmingham, Paris, and Atlanta in the wee hours--lit in North Carolina, where I shall be doing an event for THE THRONE OF PSYCHE tomorrow.
Poetry reading, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Bookstore, Sylva.
Jet-lagged but talking. Local? See you there.
Shall post more of The House of Words and lots of fascinating Wales news as soon as I get back to New York.
Poetry reading, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Bookstore, Sylva.
Jet-lagged but talking. Local? See you there.
Shall post more of The House of Words and lots of fascinating Wales news as soon as I get back to New York.
May 7, 2011
The Welsh Frolics
May 6
Dave Bonta, Andrea Selch, Damian Walford Davies, Callum James, Clive Hicks-Jenkins and Ian Hamilton for the late Catriona Urquhart, and I read at the Arts Centre, Aberystwyth University. Launch of The Book of Ystwyth: Six poems on the art of Clive Hicks-Jenkins (The Grey Mare Press / The Carolina Wren Press.) I have a sequence of six poems, "The Book of Ystwyth," in the book.
May 7
Opening
Dave Bonta, Andrea Selch, Damian Walford Davies, Callum James, Clive Hicks-Jenkins and Ian Hamilton for the late Catriona Urquhart, and I read at the Arts Centre, Aberystwyth University. Launch of The Book of Ystwyth: Six poems on the art of Clive Hicks-Jenkins (The Grey Mare Press / The Carolina Wren Press.) I have a sequence of six poems, "The Book of Ystwyth," in the book.
May 7
Opening
May 5, 2011
The Snail Castle
Novelist Clare Dudman and I have planned to meet for years, and yesterday we did. Hop to Hodmandod Land and enjoy! I went with the just-arrived poet and blogger Dave Bonta to Welshpool and Powis Castle. Click on the title to fly there.
More news when I get home--the iPad is not conducive to blogging.
More news when I get home--the iPad is not conducive to blogging.
April 25, 2011
A gap in The House of Words + Travels
North Carolina Arboretum
April 23, 2011
I've had a little difficulty with managing out-of-town wireless, family events, and the need to be off for further adventures, so I am going to take a break in The House of Words. I am sorry to break in the middle of Dave Bonta's interesting responses and hope he will forgive me when I meet him on the 3rd of May!
Tomorrow I will be off to Wales via
April 23, 2011
I've had a little difficulty with managing out-of-town wireless, family events, and the need to be off for further adventures, so I am going to take a break in The House of Words. I am sorry to break in the middle of Dave Bonta's interesting responses and hope he will forgive me when I meet him on the 3rd of May!
Tomorrow I will be off to Wales via
April 23, 2011
The Throne of Psyche news + Ashley Norwood Cooper
I have been having a bit of trouble finding wireless where I am at the moment--I'm afraid that I have abandoned most of my family and headed for Cullowhee, North Carolina. It's here, but it's hard to find at the tail end of Lent. So I wasn't able to post part of Dave Bonta's sequence on Friday. So for Easter weekend I'll post a bit of news plus a copy of an article I wrote for the Freeman's
April 22, 2011
No wireless today--back tomorrow.
No wireless today--back tomorrow.
April 21, 2011
The House of Words (no. 23): Dave Bonta and internet publishing, 4
Dave Bonta's "Indian pipes"
MY: It also strikes me that you avoid much of the unrest and lack of satisfaction that plagues many writers once they attempt to enter the publishing world. You determine the extent of your freedoms and will what your world will be. You determine what standards measure your work. Comment?
from Dave's "Words on the Street"
series, discussed in the prior post
DB:
MY: It also strikes me that you avoid much of the unrest and lack of satisfaction that plagues many writers once they attempt to enter the publishing world. You determine the extent of your freedoms and will what your world will be. You determine what standards measure your work. Comment?
from Dave's "Words on the Street"
series, discussed in the prior post
DB:
April 20, 2011
House of Words (no. 22): Dave Bonta and internet publishing, 3
Continued
Dave Bonta, "Birch leaf in ice"
DB: I was also pushed to do other creative things to feed the blog, such as take photos, which I hadn't done since I was a kid. And the direct ancestor to my microblog, The Morning Porch, was a daily writing exercise at Via Negativa called Words on the Street, where I had this cartoon I'd drawn of a bum holding a sign, and every day I wrote a new
Dave Bonta, "Birch leaf in ice"
DB: I was also pushed to do other creative things to feed the blog, such as take photos, which I hadn't done since I was a kid. And the direct ancestor to my microblog, The Morning Porch, was a daily writing exercise at Via Negativa called Words on the Street, where I had this cartoon I'd drawn of a bum holding a sign, and every day I wrote a new
