Marly Youmans's Blog, page 42
November 24, 2015
Maze at Bookloons
A new review by Barbara Lingen for Bookloons--see the whole review HERE.
CLIP from the review:
Marly Youmans truly writes a unique kind of prose. This story, which is based on the life of pulp writer Robert E. Howard, could have been Texas dusty and dry, with characters as plain and weak as the mundane world around them. Instead what we get is a wealth of stories based on timeless figures
CLIP from the review:
Marly Youmans truly writes a unique kind of prose. This story, which is based on the life of pulp writer Robert E. Howard, could have been Texas dusty and dry, with characters as plain and weak as the mundane world around them. Instead what we get is a wealth of stories based on timeless figures
November 23, 2015
In Wilson's Bookmarks
from Wilson's Bookmarks (see column here)
in "Christianity Today" (print/online)
23 November 2015
This is one of the strangest books I have read in a long while, and also one of the best. It is a novel based on the life of Texas writer Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian and many other memorable characters. Spoiler alert: Youmans’s protagonist, Conall Weaver, commits suicide at
in "Christianity Today" (print/online)
23 November 2015
This is one of the strangest books I have read in a long while, and also one of the best. It is a novel based on the life of Texas writer Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian and many other memorable characters. Spoiler alert: Youmans’s protagonist, Conall Weaver, commits suicide at
November 20, 2015
Last weekend for pre-orders, Annunciation
AnnunciationSixteen Contemporary Poets Consider Mary
Poetry byIvy Alvarez, Rachel Barenblat, Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Kristin Berkey-Abbott, Chana Bloch, Leila Chatti, Luisa A. Igloria, Mohja Kahf, Vivian Lewin, Vinicius de Moraes (Natalie d'Arbeloff, trans.), Roderick Robinson, Nic Sebastian, Claudia Serea, Purvi Shah, Rosemary Starace, and Marly YoumansIllustrated and Edited by Elizabeth
Poetry byIvy Alvarez, Rachel Barenblat, Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Kristin Berkey-Abbott, Chana Bloch, Leila Chatti, Luisa A. Igloria, Mohja Kahf, Vivian Lewin, Vinicius de Moraes (Natalie d'Arbeloff, trans.), Roderick Robinson, Nic Sebastian, Claudia Serea, Purvi Shah, Rosemary Starace, and Marly YoumansIllustrated and Edited by Elizabeth
November 18, 2015
Mark Finn on Maze of Blood
The great images are from Sanford Allen's Candy Skulls
Mark Finn, author of a wonderful biography of Robert E. Howard, has written a review of Maze of Blood, which you can find right HERE at Candy Skulls. It's an interesting review from someone I feared might be offended by the whole idea of the book. Read the whole piece for a sense of how Howard fans might feel about my Conall Weaver,
Mark Finn, author of a wonderful biography of Robert E. Howard, has written a review of Maze of Blood, which you can find right HERE at Candy Skulls. It's an interesting review from someone I feared might be offended by the whole idea of the book. Read the whole piece for a sense of how Howard fans might feel about my Conall Weaver,
November 17, 2015
Jiggedy-jig, and Jeff Sypeck on Maze of Blood
Back from three wondrous weeks of adventure at Santiago, Valparaiso, Huaca Pucllana, Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza, and other points to the south. Posts will resume after jet lag ebbs!
In the meantime, here's a new piece about Maze of Blood from writer and poet Jeff Sypeck.
Clip:
Howard wouldn’t have liked Maze of Blood; the novel is propelled not by a straightforward plot
In the meantime, here's a new piece about Maze of Blood from writer and poet Jeff Sypeck.
Clip:
Howard wouldn’t have liked Maze of Blood; the novel is propelled not by a straightforward plot
Jiggedy-jig
Back from three wondrous weeks of adventure at Santiago, Valparaiso, Huaca Pucllana, Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza, and other points to the south. Posts will resume after jet lag ebbs! In the meantime, here's a new piece about Maze of Blood from writer and poet Jeff Sypeck.
October 26, 2015
In-print roundup
Novel inspired by the life and times of pulp writer Robert E. Howard.Jacket and interior art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins.Design by Mary-Frances Glover Burt.Mercer University Press, just out!
More here.
Amazon book info. Find an Indie.
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"a strange and wonderful book" --editor John Wilson
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"a haunting tale of dark obsessions and transcendent creative fire,
rendered brilliantly in Youmans'
More here.
Amazon book info. Find an Indie.
...
"a strange and wonderful book" --editor John Wilson
...
"a haunting tale of dark obsessions and transcendent creative fire,
rendered brilliantly in Youmans'
October 24, 2015
A tour in the South: postcards
At a panel, Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance
trade show, Raleigh, North Carolina.
My events there were Moveable Feast and a panel.
Reading from Maze of Blood at City Lights,
Sylva, North Carolina
Putting the mike back on for Q & A
With singer-songwriter Rebekah White,
photographer and designer Ansel Olsen
and our host, painter Mark Sprinkle
The Makers Series, Richmond
trade show, Raleigh, North Carolina.
My events there were Moveable Feast and a panel.
Reading from Maze of Blood at City Lights,
Sylva, North Carolina
Putting the mike back on for Q & A
With singer-songwriter Rebekah White,
photographer and designer Ansel Olsen
and our host, painter Mark Sprinkle
The Makers Series, Richmond
Memory, with olives--
detail from Clive Hicks-Jenkins art in Maze of Blood
The five of us--no, we were just four then--stopped at a pizza place in Durham after looking at used cars. Our daughter was probably three, a little blond curly-top. She asked for black olives on the pizza, and the waitress told her that they didn't have black olives. R. didn't say anything, but her eyes filled with tears. But when our pizza
The five of us--no, we were just four then--stopped at a pizza place in Durham after looking at used cars. Our daughter was probably three, a little blond curly-top. She asked for black olives on the pizza, and the waitress told her that they didn't have black olives. R. didn't say anything, but her eyes filled with tears. But when our pizza
October 20, 2015
A review from Youmans/Yeomans land--
Marly Youmans
1 min · Edited ·
So fun! Thank you to a fellow Youmans (a far distant cousin of sorts, I trust) for a review of Maze of Blood. I've been surprised by how many writers named Youmans/Yeomans are out there in the world, and I now declare Claire the nicest.
Claire Youmans' Author Blog: Read Maze of Blood -- "a beautiful and important book."
Claire
1 min · Edited ·
So fun! Thank you to a fellow Youmans (a far distant cousin of sorts, I trust) for a review of Maze of Blood. I've been surprised by how many writers named Youmans/Yeomans are out there in the world, and I now declare Claire the nicest.
Claire Youmans' Author Blog: Read Maze of Blood -- "a beautiful and important book."
Claire
