Marly Youmans's Blog, page 52
December 26, 2014
For the second day of Christmas: the river of culture
Yolanda Sharpe
Watercolor by a local friend--
soprano, painter, SUNY-Oneonta professor in studio art.
Blue, Red, and Yellow, 26 by 40 inches, watercolor on paper, 2014
And words by another friend--nihongan painter Makoto Fujimura, founder of International Arts Movement and The Fujimura Institute:
The words at left and below are
from Makoto Fujimura's Culture Care,
the lovely result of
Watercolor by a local friend--
soprano, painter, SUNY-Oneonta professor in studio art.
Blue, Red, and Yellow, 26 by 40 inches, watercolor on paper, 2014
And words by another friend--nihongan painter Makoto Fujimura, founder of International Arts Movement and The Fujimura Institute:
The words at left and below are
from Makoto Fujimura's Culture Care,
the lovely result of
December 25, 2014
Readings and thoughts for the first day of Christmas
"The Angel Door"
Here is a Christmas commission by a friend from college, artist
Mary Boxley Bullington. I suggest to those of you who love
and collect art that she is highly collectible and, indeed,
under-valued at this time. Her work is full of energy and beauty.
Click for a large version.
I heard this sung by Fr. Mark Michael last night, in a church that has for several centuries been a
Here is a Christmas commission by a friend from college, artist
Mary Boxley Bullington. I suggest to those of you who love
and collect art that she is highly collectible and, indeed,
under-valued at this time. Her work is full of energy and beauty.
Click for a large version.
I heard this sung by Fr. Mark Michael last night, in a church that has for several centuries been a
December 23, 2014
Glimmerglass IRL
Glimmerglass
Art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Design by Mary-Frances Glover Burt
Mercer University Press, 2014
Various people have asked me about the "real Cooperstown things and people" behind Glimmerglass. Here are a few:
The gatehouse on the Lake Road near the museums is the model for the house where Cynthia Sorrel lives. It does indeed have charming moldings sprinkled about the ceiling in the
Art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Design by Mary-Frances Glover Burt
Mercer University Press, 2014
Various people have asked me about the "real Cooperstown things and people" behind Glimmerglass. Here are a few:
The gatehouse on the Lake Road near the museums is the model for the house where Cynthia Sorrel lives. It does indeed have charming moldings sprinkled about the ceiling in the
December 21, 2014
Glimmers
Clive Hicks-Jenkins, artist--his image
on the jacket, and this photo his!
Albany Times-Union review
21 December 2014
Clip: "Readers of literary fantasy will welcome the novel "Glimmerglass," the 12th book by Cooperstown author Marly Youmans. It layers gothic romance, ghost tales and medieval dream visions into a coming-of-age story set in the village of Cooper Patent."
Marly at Tor
Clip
on the jacket, and this photo his!
Albany Times-Union review
21 December 2014
Clip: "Readers of literary fantasy will welcome the novel "Glimmerglass," the 12th book by Cooperstown author Marly Youmans. It layers gothic romance, ghost tales and medieval dream visions into a coming-of-age story set in the village of Cooper Patent."
Marly at Tor
Clip
December 17, 2014
The joy of lists....
Books and Culture Favorite Books of 2014
Thanks to Books and Culture and its wide-ranging reader, John Wilson, editor, for another spot on Books and Culture's annual Favorite Books list. I am grateful that John Wilson ranges so very widely that he discovered and read my books some years ago, and that the magazine continues to support them. It's an interesting list, with Christopher Beha,
Thanks to Books and Culture and its wide-ranging reader, John Wilson, editor, for another spot on Books and Culture's annual Favorite Books list. I am grateful that John Wilson ranges so very widely that he discovered and read my books some years ago, and that the magazine continues to support them. It's an interesting list, with Christopher Beha,
December 16, 2014
Thank you, Renea Winchester--from her Christmas book list
from Blog the Farm:
Marly Youmans grew up in the South and now makes her home “up North.” (but she returns to the mountains every chance she gets). She spent most of this fall in Jackson County, NC with her mother where she launched her latest book, Glimmerglass. Today I write about her previous book, A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage. I mention it only because I haven’t a moment to
Marly Youmans grew up in the South and now makes her home “up North.” (but she returns to the mountains every chance she gets). She spent most of this fall in Jackson County, NC with her mother where she launched her latest book, Glimmerglass. Today I write about her previous book, A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage. I mention it only because I haven’t a moment to
December 15, 2014
Glimmerglass reminder and lazy post!
Photo by artist-illustratoro-writerJackie Morris on twitter
NEXT UP
No time to post--one sickie home from school, various events to attend, and I'm trying to stay healthy (-ish) and catch up on promised work. Here's a reminder for central New York region readers:
Glimmerglass reading
Writers Salon
Tuesday, December 16th
7:30 p.m.
CANO / The Wilbur Mansion
11 Ford St.
Oneonta, New York
NEXT UP
No time to post--one sickie home from school, various events to attend, and I'm trying to stay healthy (-ish) and catch up on promised work. Here's a reminder for central New York region readers:
Glimmerglass reading
Writers Salon
Tuesday, December 16th
7:30 p.m.
CANO / The Wilbur Mansion
11 Ford St.
Oneonta, New York
December 12, 2014
Snips of tinsel and gold
Follow Marly's board Glimmerglass on Pinterest.
Life and trala: Here's the hot Facebook post of the morning: "Sometimes it's just great to be a teenage boy. Child no. 3 driving to school by himself for the first time (new license!) and last night pinned his opponent in the wrestling dual with Unatego--third meet, fourth pin. Rah!"
Highly
Life and trala: Here's the hot Facebook post of the morning: "Sometimes it's just great to be a teenage boy. Child no. 3 driving to school by himself for the first time (new license!) and last night pinned his opponent in the wrestling dual with Unatego--third meet, fourth pin. Rah!"
Highly
December 10, 2014
Next Glimmerglass event--
Writers Salon, December 16th
Next up: a reading from Glimmerglass with The Community Arts Network of Oneonta. Here's an invitation on facebook from CANO. If you are on Facebook and/or have area friends who are, you and they may read, invite, accept the invitations, leave comments, etc. At any rate, please come!
Tuesday, December 16th
7:30 p.m.
CANO / The Wilbur Mansion
11 Ford Ave.
Next up: a reading from Glimmerglass with The Community Arts Network of Oneonta. Here's an invitation on facebook from CANO. If you are on Facebook and/or have area friends who are, you and they may read, invite, accept the invitations, leave comments, etc. At any rate, please come!
Tuesday, December 16th
7:30 p.m.
CANO / The Wilbur Mansion
11 Ford Ave.
December 8, 2014
Guest post by poet Richard Nester
www.ashleynorwoodcooper.com
Open House
Thanks to everybody who turned out for yesterday's jolly open house / open studio / book signing, a joint event thrown by me and painter AshleyNorwood Cooper. Take a look at her paintings!
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Guest at The Palace at 2:00 a.m.
And here's a post from poet Richard Nester. Richard has twice been a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He
Open House
Thanks to everybody who turned out for yesterday's jolly open house / open studio / book signing, a joint event thrown by me and painter AshleyNorwood Cooper. Take a look at her paintings!
* * *
Guest at The Palace at 2:00 a.m.
And here's a post from poet Richard Nester. Richard has twice been a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He
