Marly Youmans's Blog, page 53
November 30, 2014
"More Light! More Light!"
St. Louis with scepter
and crown of thorns
Eight hundred years ago this year, St. Louis a.k.a. Louis IX was born. Surely his dust is spinning in the grave, and surely his devout mother, Blanche of Castile, has averted her face from the city of his name, wounded by the endless complications and after-shocks of our inhumanity to one another...
Somehow I think of Anthony Hecht's powerful "More
and crown of thorns
Eight hundred years ago this year, St. Louis a.k.a. Louis IX was born. Surely his dust is spinning in the grave, and surely his devout mother, Blanche of Castile, has averted her face from the city of his name, wounded by the endless complications and after-shocks of our inhumanity to one another...
Somehow I think of Anthony Hecht's powerful "More
November 29, 2014
Next up: reading at The Village Library of Cooperstown. And a pail of snow. So wash your face in crystal...
Just 'cause: end-of-November ice. And slippery snow. And snowmen. Because Yankeedom in winter. Because fire. Because cats. Because poetry. Because Emily. Also Paul Tree (leafy Facebook alias) aka Paul Digby, who made this. (And because nobody should be allowed to take off Emily Dickinson's clothes.)
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Comments and review clips HERE
Reading from Glimmerglass,
Q and A
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Comments and review clips HERE
Reading from Glimmerglass,
Q and A
November 28, 2014
Next up: Village Library of Cooperstown
Comments and review clips HERE
Reading from Glimmerglass,
Q and A afterward...
Nights at the Round Table series
Village Library of Cooperstown
Cooperstown New York
3 December 2014
Wednesday
7:00 p.m.
I know of no writers other than Marly Youmans who have the genius to combine the spine-tingling suspense of Gothic storytelling with the immense charm, grace, glamour,
Reading from Glimmerglass,
Q and A afterward...
Nights at the Round Table series
Village Library of Cooperstown
Cooperstown New York
3 December 2014
Wednesday
7:00 p.m.
I know of no writers other than Marly Youmans who have the genius to combine the spine-tingling suspense of Gothic storytelling with the immense charm, grace, glamour,
November 27, 2014
Signing at the Fenimore Art Museum
Twelve authors signing....
Multi-author signing
from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m
at the Fenimore Art Museum...
Friday, November 28
I'll be signing copies of Thaliad, A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage, and the new book, Glimmerglass. It won't be nearly as much fun as you're not there, so come on out!
Multi-author signing
from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m
at the Fenimore Art Museum...
Friday, November 28
I'll be signing copies of Thaliad, A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage, and the new book, Glimmerglass. It won't be nearly as much fun as you're not there, so come on out!
November 24, 2014
Books and Culture review, Glimmerglass
Chapter header,Clive Hicks-Jenkins
I'm grateful to editor John Wilson for his lovely review of Glimmerglass--I hope that some day we meet and I get to thank him in person for his long interest in my books. I am grateful to him.
Clips:
From the intro: Some years ago, I described the novelist and poet Marly Youmans as "the best-kept secret among contemporary American writers." That's still
I'm grateful to editor John Wilson for his lovely review of Glimmerglass--I hope that some day we meet and I get to thank him in person for his long interest in my books. I am grateful to him.
Clips:
From the intro: Some years ago, I described the novelist and poet Marly Youmans as "the best-kept secret among contemporary American writers." That's still
November 23, 2014
Peeping Thomasina
Seen online--fun recent quotes from artists about Glimmerglass and more...
Jackie Morris Jolly good. Mine is the same and I NEED all of your books by Marly Youmans
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Clive Hicks-Jenkins Marly Youmans is a wonderful writer, and so with or without artwork by me, she deserves being on your shelves. I loved working on 'Glimmerglass', and I
Jackie Morris Jolly good. Mine is the same and I NEED all of your books by Marly Youmans
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Clive Hicks-Jenkins Marly Youmans is a wonderful writer, and so with or without artwork by me, she deserves being on your shelves. I loved working on 'Glimmerglass', and I
November 21, 2014
More thoughts on the LeGuin NBA Speech, etc.
"Here, every story, in its own way
and from its own universe, told in its
own mode, explains that there is no
better spirit in all of American letters
than that of Ursula LeGuin." -Slate
ON THE LEGUIN NBA SPEECH
Especially for Midori Snyder Crankypants!
* CAPITALISM
It tends to be hard to accept people condemning capitalism roundly when capitalism has been so very good to them personally.
and from its own universe, told in its
own mode, explains that there is no
better spirit in all of American letters
than that of Ursula LeGuin." -Slate
ON THE LEGUIN NBA SPEECH
Especially for Midori Snyder Crankypants!
* CAPITALISM
It tends to be hard to accept people condemning capitalism roundly when capitalism has been so very good to them personally.
November 20, 2014
Updatery and good words
Updatery
In a few hours, I'll be off to Saratoga, New York, where I'll read from Glimmerglass tonight at the Northshire Bookstore on Broadway. I've never read there before, and it's a weeknight, so I'm crossing fingers and toes in hopes of seeing a reasonable number of human beings in chairs at 7:00 p.m.
My Tuesday event at the Delhi Women's Club went off wonderfully--I loved talking to a big
In a few hours, I'll be off to Saratoga, New York, where I'll read from Glimmerglass tonight at the Northshire Bookstore on Broadway. I've never read there before, and it's a weeknight, so I'm crossing fingers and toes in hopes of seeing a reasonable number of human beings in chairs at 7:00 p.m.
My Tuesday event at the Delhi Women's Club went off wonderfully--I loved talking to a big
November 13, 2014
late-November events, upstate New York
The butter cream book.
Cake for a double launch reading
with Luisa Igloria in Norfolk, Virginia.
September 2014, Café Stella
Reading in Delhi
Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.
November 18
Delhi Women's Club
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Delhi, New York
Reading in Saratoga
Thursday, 7 p.m.
November 20
Northshire Bookstore
424 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, New York
Book Signing Event With Twelve Regional Authors
Cake for a double launch reading
with Luisa Igloria in Norfolk, Virginia.
September 2014, Café Stella
Reading in Delhi
Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.
November 18
Delhi Women's Club
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Delhi, New York
Reading in Saratoga
Thursday, 7 p.m.
November 20
Northshire Bookstore
424 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, New York
Book Signing Event With Twelve Regional Authors
November 12, 2014
Caleb Seeling reviews Glimmerglass
from Notes from the Publishing Underground
(November 12, Conundrum Press newsletter.)
"In 2011, Conundrum press was acquired by Samizdat Group, LLC, owned by Caleb Seeling... Conundrum Press is a stand-alone, traditional model literary press.
Future plans include a Rocky Mountain Poetry Series, the details of which are forthcoming, and a philanthropic plan to support literary endeavors from
(November 12, Conundrum Press newsletter.)
"In 2011, Conundrum press was acquired by Samizdat Group, LLC, owned by Caleb Seeling... Conundrum Press is a stand-alone, traditional model literary press.
Future plans include a Rocky Mountain Poetry Series, the details of which are forthcoming, and a philanthropic plan to support literary endeavors from
