Marly Youmans's Blog, page 3
May 14, 2022
Poems and a tiny thank you
I'm pleased that Michael Fitzpatrick, who wrote a lovely, recent review of Charis in the World of Wonders, included one of my poems at the close of his latest Eighth Day column: The Dreamer as Architect," which I wrote for novelist Midori Snyder and was originally published in First Things. Thank you to him!The second issue of Pulsebeat is out, thanks to editor David Stephenson. And there you may
May 6, 2022
On being asked for my politics
Roderick Robinson1:27 AM, May 06, 2022You've said you're not interested in politics; I'm not sure how you manage this given politics infects every human enterprise but I hope I know you well enough to say I respect this stance. But at the moment in the USA, politics - in the widest sense and with worldwide implications - is impossible to avoid. Even for an old male fuddy-duddy like me. Do you
April 26, 2022
TONIGHT, reading with NCLR
TONIGHT: reading "She-Who-Changed," "Night-blooming Cereus," "Spring Tree Egg," and "Alice" with @NCLitReview "North Carolina Literary Review"... at 7:00. (Just realized. Eep! So please share...) https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82425514581
April 5, 2022
Judged and judging...
As I have been the around-the-clock caretaker of my elderly mother for some time, I'm way, way behind on all things literary or bloggish... But here are a couple of pieces of news.Sheryl Knight, Aspen HollowMichael Fitzpatrick's The Eighth Day essayI'm so pleased with this marvelous, wise review of Charis in the World of Wonders. So lovely to have such an insightful essay, two years after
January 16, 2022
New mag, live reading TODAY!
UPDATE ON THE READINGOkay, tonight's Zoom reading announcement (with links) is up--again, that's Pacific Standard Time 7:30, so check the time converter! With Jorge Quintana. https://sacpoetrycenter.org/event/soc... READER, SACRAMENTO POETRY CENTER ZOOM reading Monday the 17thTomorrow I am scheduled for an online reading, but the
New mag today, live reading tomorrow!
FEATURED READER, SACRAMENTO POETRY CENTER ZOOM reading Monday the 17thTomorrow I am scheduled for an online reading, but the information is not up yet. Here's what I have so far--zoom link, i.d., and password. I will add more about the second reader etc. when I have more.PICK YOUR TIME7:30pm Pacific Standard Time / Online onlyThat would be 10:30 Eastern Standard Time. And here's a time
January 10, 2022
Charisean, Clivean, and poems!
Yellow Hen and Sunflowers. 2021. Oil, gouache and pencil on panel. All paintings from the currentClive Hicks-Jenkins series...CHARIS, CLIVE, SUSSEX, MORE!Clive Hicks-Jenkins made chapter headings and the cover of Charis in the World of Wonders. Then the chapter headings became a cunning line of plates, cups, bowls, teapots, etc. from Sussex Lustreware! And now Clive has made a whole series of
December 11, 2021
"Starting with a Sentence by Aidan Hart"
As I've had to be away a great deal this year, I haven't posted much... but here's a poem that just emerged in First Things, in print and online. Posting in the small hours with a wave to fellow insomniacs...
September 21, 2021
My Puritan story at CT...
Charis has clambered on top of the new-and-noteworthy reviews at Christianity Today. I'm very glad to have that attention, and happy for the words of reviewer and novelist Heather Cross. Charis in the World of WondersMarly Youmans (Ignatius Press)Set in Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1690s, Charis in the World of Wonders plunges us into the mind, language, and worldview of a young woman
September 16, 2021
Sun and Moon etc.
Sun and Moon.Taken near the side door by Michael.WVAfter returning from a six-day jaunt in West Virginia (and a bit of Virginia), where we pondered retirement possibilities for the still-distant future and met up with Progeny no. 3, I have been rather lukewarm about all things social media-ish and the blog. Also lazy about submitting anything.... and the only new publications are print-on-paper,
