Marly Youmans's Blog, page 60
July 28, 2014
Deepest longings
Interior art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
for Glimmerglass, now in pre-order
online or at your favorite indie
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From "TRAC: A Resurgence of Realism," by Theodore Prescott (American Arts Quarterly, Summer 2014), an article in response to The Representational Art Conference of March, 2014:
The dominant culture tries to find meaning in progress, [American painter Juliette
for Glimmerglass, now in pre-order
online or at your favorite indie
or directly from Mercer
From "TRAC: A Resurgence of Realism," by Theodore Prescott (American Arts Quarterly, Summer 2014), an article in response to The Representational Art Conference of March, 2014:
The dominant culture tries to find meaning in progress, [American painter Juliette
July 27, 2014
Yo ho for O-hi-o
photo by Paul Digby, July 2014
I had a wonderful time teaching at the Antioch workshops, and then promptly sailed off to Alliance, where I stayed for some days with painter Lynn Digby and composer (and more, as he does everything, I begin to think) Paul Digby. And I had a marvelous time there as well--lots of talk and frolic in their exceptionally lovely garden.
Paul recorded and filmed me
I had a wonderful time teaching at the Antioch workshops, and then promptly sailed off to Alliance, where I stayed for some days with painter Lynn Digby and composer (and more, as he does everything, I begin to think) Paul Digby. And I had a marvelous time there as well--lots of talk and frolic in their exceptionally lovely garden.
Paul recorded and filmed me
July 23, 2014
Blog hop, bog hlop for Richelle Hawkes
Now in pre-orderAvailable via Mercer, online shops,and your favorite indie bookstore
Richelle Hawks of Shipwreck Dandy asked me to participate in her blog hop, and so here goes--
What am I working on?
Right now I have finished up a week at the Antioch Writing
Workshops in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where I ran a poetry workshop and also met
one-on-one with various people to discuss both
Richelle Hawks of Shipwreck Dandy asked me to participate in her blog hop, and so here goes--
What am I working on?
Right now I have finished up a week at the Antioch Writing
Workshops in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where I ran a poetry workshop and also met
one-on-one with various people to discuss both
July 22, 2014
Robbi Nester at LWOM
Robbi Nester is up at Lady Word of Mouth with A Likely Story, a collection of poems. Cover art by Mary Bullington.
July 21, 2014
Digby frolics
Last year with Paul and Lynn Digby
(Lynn is the photographer here)
in Cullowhee, North Carolina
Stayed up till 3:00 a.m. in Alliance, Ohio, talking to the man who made these:
In Extremis
The Birthday Roses
from The Book of the Red King (yet to come!)
The Exile's Track
The Nesting Doll
A Fire in Ice
Most of those are from The Throne of Psyche. Music and videography by the inimitable Paul
(Lynn is the photographer here)
in Cullowhee, North Carolina
Stayed up till 3:00 a.m. in Alliance, Ohio, talking to the man who made these:
In Extremis
The Birthday Roses
from The Book of the Red King (yet to come!)
The Exile's Track
The Nesting Doll
A Fire in Ice
Most of those are from The Throne of Psyche. Music and videography by the inimitable Paul
July 19, 2014
Word frolics / Glimmerglass
Word frolics at Yellow Springs
Surfacing in Yellow Springs (iron, not sulphur) at week's end . . . I've had a splendid time at the Antioch Writing Workshops, where I taught the afternoon poetry workshop and also had 1-on-1 sessions with both poets and fiction writers. It was lovely to talk to other writers at all stages on the unending path. I'll go home . . . some time soon, with a brief
Surfacing in Yellow Springs (iron, not sulphur) at week's end . . . I've had a splendid time at the Antioch Writing Workshops, where I taught the afternoon poetry workshop and also had 1-on-1 sessions with both poets and fiction writers. It was lovely to talk to other writers at all stages on the unending path. I'll go home . . . some time soon, with a brief
July 10, 2014
Travels + Glimmerglass
Chapter decoration for Glimmerglass.
Art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Posts may be a bit slim for a while, so please ramble around on the site, or click on the tabs above to go to book pages. Bookwise, next up is Glimmerglass on September 1st, now in pre-order. Click on the image below for a closer look. See prior posts for more commentary.
Glimmerglass is a series of mirrors and panes that
Art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Posts may be a bit slim for a while, so please ramble around on the site, or click on the tabs above to go to book pages. Bookwise, next up is Glimmerglass on September 1st, now in pre-order. Click on the image below for a closer look. See prior posts for more commentary.
Glimmerglass is a series of mirrors and panes that
July 8, 2014
Glimmerglass pre-orders--
Click for a large, readable copy.
Art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Design by Mary-Frances Burt.
Author photo by Rebecca Beatrice Miller.
Blurbs by poet Jeffery Beam, novelist Margo Lanagan, and editor John Wilson.
Glimmerglass is now available for pre-orders at Mercer Amazon, your local indie, and most everywhere!
Sample of interior art
Art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Design by Mary-Frances Burt.
Author photo by Rebecca Beatrice Miller.
Blurbs by poet Jeffery Beam, novelist Margo Lanagan, and editor John Wilson.
Glimmerglass is now available for pre-orders at Mercer Amazon, your local indie, and most everywhere!
Sample of interior art
July 7, 2014
Glimmerglass at "Publishers Weekly"
Title page with decoration
(collage of painted and cut papers)
by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Glimmerglass
Marly Youmans. Mercer Univ., $24 (224p)
ISBN 978-0-88n146-491-7
This stylish contemporary variation on the Bluebeard legend from Youmans (A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage) serves up an appealing blend of myth, mystery, and magic. [SOME SPOILERS AHEAD - SKIP TO END IF YOU DON'T
(collage of painted and cut papers)
by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Glimmerglass
Marly Youmans. Mercer Univ., $24 (224p)
ISBN 978-0-88n146-491-7
This stylish contemporary variation on the Bluebeard legend from Youmans (A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage) serves up an appealing blend of myth, mystery, and magic. [SOME SPOILERS AHEAD - SKIP TO END IF YOU DON'T
July 3, 2014
Peculiar things people sometimes say to a writer--
Preparatory art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
for Glimmerglass
That is, to this writer--
"I never read anything written after 1900." (Later on the same neighborhood man read one my novels and declared that he loved it, so maybe he was exaggerating.)
"I never read novels. Can't do it." (Another guy in my neighborhood. Twice. With accompanying head shakes. I'm still wondering if he forgets to what I
for Glimmerglass
That is, to this writer--
"I never read anything written after 1900." (Later on the same neighborhood man read one my novels and declared that he loved it, so maybe he was exaggerating.)
"I never read novels. Can't do it." (Another guy in my neighborhood. Twice. With accompanying head shakes. I'm still wondering if he forgets to what I
