Marly Youmans's Blog, page 59
August 11, 2014
Igloria twice
The 17th May Swenson Award
from Utah State University Press.
"When Luisa Igloria cites Epictetus—'as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place'—she introduces the crowded and contradictory world her poems portray: a realm of transience, yes, where the vulnerable come to harm and everything disappears, but also a scene of tremendous, unpredictable
from Utah State University Press.
"When Luisa Igloria cites Epictetus—'as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place'—she introduces the crowded and contradictory world her poems portray: a realm of transience, yes, where the vulnerable come to harm and everything disappears, but also a scene of tremendous, unpredictable
August 9, 2014
"The Wish for Roses," again--
This evening Paul Digby posted a link to his video for "The Wish for Roses," and though I've already shared his rendition elsewhere, I think it ought to be here as well. Thanks to those who have shared the poem on facebook, and to commenters on various pages...
The poem originally appeared at Sienna Latham's wonderful Hindsight, where it was joined with the original photograph and an account
The poem originally appeared at Sienna Latham's wonderful Hindsight, where it was joined with the original photograph and an account
The Tree Finder
Follow Marly's board The Foliate Head (UK: Stanza Press, 2012) on Pinterest.
Here's a poem from The Foliate Head for tree-and-word lovers. It originally appeared at the Dave Bonta and Beth Adams e-zine, qarrtsiluni, as part of "Two Poems from the Plant Kingdom." A recording and lots of interesting comments on the poems are here. (As it's not as
Here's a poem from The Foliate Head for tree-and-word lovers. It originally appeared at the Dave Bonta and Beth Adams e-zine, qarrtsiluni, as part of "Two Poems from the Plant Kingdom." A recording and lots of interesting comments on the poems are here. (As it's not as
August 6, 2014
Ascending Peculiarity
Some favorite (that is, congenial) quotes
from Ascending Peculiarity:
Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
But I haven't the slightest idea why my work has taken the tack it has. I just do what occurs to me--if it occurs to me strong enough.
I haven't done anything of my own that I didn't believe in. And I don't think the amount of work you have to put into anything has got anything to do with
from Ascending Peculiarity:
Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
But I haven't the slightest idea why my work has taken the tack it has. I just do what occurs to me--if it occurs to me strong enough.
I haven't done anything of my own that I didn't believe in. And I don't think the amount of work you have to put into anything has got anything to do with
Eye-feast
Follow Marly's board GLIMMERGLASS on Pinterest.
--Thank you, nerdian software gurus--
Here's a Pinterest board for Glimmerglass,
shared by me and the marvelous Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Now in pre-order. Pub date: September 1, 2014.
--Thank you, nerdian software gurus--
Here's a Pinterest board for Glimmerglass,
shared by me and the marvelous Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Now in pre-order. Pub date: September 1, 2014.
August 5, 2014
Blossoming minotaur
Study for Glimmerglass jacket by Clive Hicks-Jenkins of Wales
August 4, 2014
Metaphysical tea party with Edith Sitwell and Flannery O'Connor and peacocks
Clive Hicks-Jenkins, interior vignette
for Glimmerglass
SEEING
E: It is a part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees.
F: The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.
ON “KEEPING RABBITS”
E: A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.
F: Everywhere I
for Glimmerglass
SEEING
E: It is a part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees.
F: The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.
ON “KEEPING RABBITS”
E: A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.
F: Everywhere I
August 2, 2014
Glimmerglass, the postcard--
Mercer sends me a present.
Postcard in the making, complete with one little error...
Metaphysical gold star if you find it!
Perfection still to come...
Postcard in the making, complete with one little error...
Metaphysical gold star if you find it!
Perfection still to come...
August 1, 2014
Thalia on the move--
Montreal: Phoenicia Publishing, 2012.
Hardcover from Phoenicia only
and paperback from the usual suspects.
Interior/exterior art, Clive Hicks-Jenkins
with design by Elizabeth Adams.
In this country, where a small press poetry book sometimes sells in the dozens and is doing well when it sells a few hundred copies and where long poems are rare and surprising, I am pleased to say that Thaliad
Hardcover from Phoenicia only
and paperback from the usual suspects.
Interior/exterior art, Clive Hicks-Jenkins
with design by Elizabeth Adams.
In this country, where a small press poetry book sometimes sells in the dozens and is doing well when it sells a few hundred copies and where long poems are rare and surprising, I am pleased to say that Thaliad
July 30, 2014
At play in the fields of the word--
What is the front of the jacket of Glimmerglass
doing here? Because the book is now in
pre-order, and I have a duty to thrust
it in front of noses! So here,
I have done my duty by my publisher,
and I hope you'll read it. If you do,
let me know what you think. It's
very, very different from my 2012 novel,
A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage.
Art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Design by Mary-Frances
doing here? Because the book is now in
pre-order, and I have a duty to thrust
it in front of noses! So here,
I have done my duty by my publisher,
and I hope you'll read it. If you do,
let me know what you think. It's
very, very different from my 2012 novel,
A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage.
Art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Design by Mary-Frances
