Marly Youmans's Blog, page 39
February 9, 2016
Cephalopodish at TerraNullius (Italy)
More than a year ago I posted about some tiny stories starring cephalopods. Though I've written quite a few miniature stories of late, I haven't sent them out, and so it's entirely to the credit of Italian poet Alessandra Bava that these appear in Italy's TerraNullius. I love being asked. Thank you, Alessandra.
Need octopi and cuttlefish in your day? Jump in here.
What's that? That's the
Need octopi and cuttlefish in your day? Jump in here.
What's that? That's the
February 8, 2016
You asked, no. 10: children and books
Mary Bullington, "Creation," 2013
Mixed media collage of painted papers
on monotypes and painted paper
(acrylic, gesso, oil pastel, india ink)
25" x 22"
In response to a request to interview some of my painter friends, I have been interviewing Mary Boxley Bullington. As she, in turn, insisted on interviewing me, a part of the You asked series will be composed of our questions to each other.
Mixed media collage of painted papers
on monotypes and painted paper
(acrylic, gesso, oil pastel, india ink)
25" x 22"
In response to a request to interview some of my painter friends, I have been interviewing Mary Boxley Bullington. As she, in turn, insisted on interviewing me, a part of the You asked series will be composed of our questions to each other.
February 6, 2016
You asked, no. 9: resources
May your head be full of dreams!
Division page by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
for Maze of Blood.
Here's a reference list of critique and forum sites that I've made for the people on twitter and Facebook who ask me to read and critique their work. I'm afraid that I can't do such things for all who ask--I need to manage being a mother of three, hitting my deadlines, and accomplishing the writing and
Division page by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
for Maze of Blood.
Here's a reference list of critique and forum sites that I've made for the people on twitter and Facebook who ask me to read and critique their work. I'm afraid that I can't do such things for all who ask--I need to manage being a mother of three, hitting my deadlines, and accomplishing the writing and
February 3, 2016
Amara at Mezzo Cammin
The new issue of poet Kim Bridgford's Mezzo Cammin is up--for any of you interested in my The Book of the Red King (the focus of the prior post) manuscript, here are three poems focusing on the court alchemist, Amara. And read the rest of the issue!
February 1, 2016
You Asked, no. 8: Kin to the Fool
Watch out, Fool!
Bullington-Youmans interview party, continued. In response to a request to interview some of my painter friends, I have been interviewing Mary Boxley Bullington. As she, in turn, insisted on interviewing me, a part of the You Asked series will be composed of our questions to each other.
DEFINITION OF FOOL
--from At Length
(more Red King poems there)
What does it mean
Bullington-Youmans interview party, continued. In response to a request to interview some of my painter friends, I have been interviewing Mary Boxley Bullington. As she, in turn, insisted on interviewing me, a part of the You Asked series will be composed of our questions to each other.
DEFINITION OF FOOL
--from At Length
(more Red King poems there)
What does it mean
January 29, 2016
Fair warning
Marly Youmans, free of smirks
and tiny emotions
for what seems a zillion years.
At once I am irresistibly impelled to write a novel in which you will find giants and bears, tea and rats, long Faulknerian sentences, and complicated actions and emotions i.e. feels in current parlance. I predict absolutely no smirks and egregious facial expressions, no technology whatsoever, no crime, and no
and tiny emotions
for what seems a zillion years.
At once I am irresistibly impelled to write a novel in which you will find giants and bears, tea and rats, long Faulknerian sentences, and complicated actions and emotions i.e. feels in current parlance. I predict absolutely no smirks and egregious facial expressions, no technology whatsoever, no crime, and no
January 28, 2016
What stays news
John Singer Sargent,
portrait of Yeats, 1908
Yeats died on this date. Auden says, "What instruments we have agree / The day of his death was a dark cold day." All these years of loving Yeats's poems, and I still lean on him for the news that matters.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere
portrait of Yeats, 1908
Yeats died on this date. Auden says, "What instruments we have agree / The day of his death was a dark cold day." All these years of loving Yeats's poems, and I still lean on him for the news that matters.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere
January 27, 2016
You Asked, no. 7: Inviting the soul
Bullington-Youmans interview party, continued. In response to a request to interview some of my painter friends, I have been interviewing Mary Boxley Bullington. As she, in turn, insisted on interviewing me, a part of the You Asked series will be composed of our questions to each other.
Mary Boxley Bullington,"Kells." (a.k.a., "Carpet Page.") Acrylic and gesso on paper with collage, 31" x 22."
Mary Boxley Bullington,"Kells." (a.k.a., "Carpet Page.") Acrylic and gesso on paper with collage, 31" x 22."
January 26, 2016
You asked, no. 6: myth and beginning
Mary Boxley Bullington, "The King and the Fool"
Yes, this was made in response to some poems
from The Book of the Red King.
Private collection, New York.
Bullington-Youmans interview party, continued. In response to a request to interview some of my painter friends, I have been interviewing Mary Boxley Bullington. As she, in turn, insisted on interviewing me, a part of the You asked series
Yes, this was made in response to some poems
from The Book of the Red King.
Private collection, New York.
Bullington-Youmans interview party, continued. In response to a request to interview some of my painter friends, I have been interviewing Mary Boxley Bullington. As she, in turn, insisted on interviewing me, a part of the You asked series
January 25, 2016
You Asked, no. 5: Mary by the seasons
Detail (!) from Mary Bullington, "The Devil's in the Details, Mr. Hicks"
"And the Little Child with tiger, adder and gigantic beetle." -Mary
And this is also the Bullington-Youmans interview party, no. 1:
In response to a request to interview some of my painter friends, I have been interviewing Mary Boxley Bullington. As she, in turn, insisted on interviewing me, a part of the You Asked
"And the Little Child with tiger, adder and gigantic beetle." -Mary
And this is also the Bullington-Youmans interview party, no. 1:
In response to a request to interview some of my painter friends, I have been interviewing Mary Boxley Bullington. As she, in turn, insisted on interviewing me, a part of the You Asked
