Marly Youmans's Blog, page 57
August 27, 2014
Jot of glory + dewy-new interview--
from "Letter from the Editor," Books and Culture Magazine
Speaking of superb novels, let me recommend two others that will be appearing not too long after you receive this issue. In September, Knopf will publish Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, which imagines the aftermath of a global pandemic of unprecedented ferocity. We follow a wandering troupe as they make their circuit in the
Speaking of superb novels, let me recommend two others that will be appearing not too long after you receive this issue. In September, Knopf will publish Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, which imagines the aftermath of a global pandemic of unprecedented ferocity. We follow a wandering troupe as they make their circuit in the
August 26, 2014
War and words
Michael has been reading me excerpts from Ernie Pyle's Brave Men (campaigns in Sicily, Italy, and France in World War II), and as a way of remembering the Western journalists in captivity in Syria and Iraq, I'm posting a little homage to a war correspondent that I think interesting. Pyle loves to give little sketches of men faithfully doing the ordinary or extraordinary things that happen in
August 25, 2014
Glimmerglass coming near--
Glimmerglass, now in pre-orderOut in a week...Interior vignette by Clive Hicks-JenkinsMore comments, art, etc. here
Jot of praise
I know of no writer other than Marly Youmans who has the genius to combine the spine-tingling suspense of Gothic storytelling with the immense charm, grace, glamour, realism, and simplicity of Hawthorne. Youmans, one of the biggest secrets of contemporary
Jot of praise
I know of no writer other than Marly Youmans who has the genius to combine the spine-tingling suspense of Gothic storytelling with the immense charm, grace, glamour, realism, and simplicity of Hawthorne. Youmans, one of the biggest secrets of contemporary
August 23, 2014
Yolanda Sharpe, new watercolors--
Peach Confections, 26" x 40"
Last week I enjoyed a visit to Yolanda Sharpe's house and SUNY to see artwork currently underway. Here's a peek at some new watercolors, not yet flattened and mounted. It is intriguing to see how her large pen and ink and encaustic works appear superficially very different from these, yet show innumerable connections through boldness of execution, color, shapes,
Last week I enjoyed a visit to Yolanda Sharpe's house and SUNY to see artwork currently underway. Here's a peek at some new watercolors, not yet flattened and mounted. It is intriguing to see how her large pen and ink and encaustic works appear superficially very different from these, yet show innumerable connections through boldness of execution, color, shapes,
August 22, 2014
Nasrani
This is a blog about books and art and language,
and lately it occurs to me how pitiless a single letter can be.
and lately it occurs to me how pitiless a single letter can be.
August 21, 2014
Sweet
Chapter header--
interior vignette of a fat little bird
by Clive Hicks-Jenkins,
for Glimmerglass (Mercer)
now in pre-order, pub date September 1st
It's self-indulgent of me to link to this, but here's my favorite comment of the morning--second under the post. Who says writers don't need a bit of encouragement? Thanks to fellow poet Janice Soderling, thanks to the judgments of the
interior vignette of a fat little bird
by Clive Hicks-Jenkins,
for Glimmerglass (Mercer)
now in pre-order, pub date September 1st
It's self-indulgent of me to link to this, but here's my favorite comment of the morning--second under the post. Who says writers don't need a bit of encouragement? Thanks to fellow poet Janice Soderling, thanks to the judgments of the
Adorabibbles
Chapter header--
interior vignette of a fat little bird
by Clive Hicks-Jenkins,
for Glimmerglass (Mercer)
now in pre-order, pub date September 1st
interior vignette of a fat little bird
by Clive Hicks-Jenkins,
for Glimmerglass (Mercer)
now in pre-order, pub date September 1st
August 20, 2014
writer Nancy Richard on Thaliad
Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Fun to see little reviews by writers on Amazon... Here's one from Louisiana writer Nancy Richard:
Thaliad: Don't miss this one. March 2, 2013
Not since Fred Chappell's Midquest have I read a book-length poem so lovingly wrought, so luminous in language and engaging in its storytelling. As the children of Marly Youmans's Thaliad make their way in a post-apocalyptic land,
Fun to see little reviews by writers on Amazon... Here's one from Louisiana writer Nancy Richard:
Thaliad: Don't miss this one. March 2, 2013
Not since Fred Chappell's Midquest have I read a book-length poem so lovingly wrought, so luminous in language and engaging in its storytelling. As the children of Marly Youmans's Thaliad make their way in a post-apocalyptic land,
Diminishing language and culture
Clive Hicks-Jenkins vignette for Glimmerglass
No one in the English speaking world can be considered literate without a basic knowledge of the Bible. E. D. Hirsch, Jr., James Trefil, Joseph Kett, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Houghton Mifflin, 1993)
Late night and early morning exchange...
Me: I would say that if you can read Shakespeare, well, then you can read anything else in the
No one in the English speaking world can be considered literate without a basic knowledge of the Bible. E. D. Hirsch, Jr., James Trefil, Joseph Kett, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Houghton Mifflin, 1993)
Late night and early morning exchange...
Me: I would say that if you can read Shakespeare, well, then you can read anything else in the
August 19, 2014
Wordsmith, rest in peace--
James Foley, truth-teller, wordsmith
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Beautiful, sensitive face photographed by Steven Senne/AP
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Remembering Daniel Pearl
and all those held by ISIS and others.
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"We ask for your prayers for Jim and his family." GlobalPost
Addendum: in his own words
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The Committee to Protect Journalists estimates
that there are about 20 journalists missing in Syria,
many of them held by ISIS.
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Beautiful, sensitive face photographed by Steven Senne/AP
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Remembering Daniel Pearl
and all those held by ISIS and others.
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"We ask for your prayers for Jim and his family." GlobalPost
Addendum: in his own words
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The Committee to Protect Journalists estimates
that there are about 20 journalists missing in Syria,
many of them held by ISIS.
