Marly Youmans's Blog, page 63
June 4, 2014
Tweedly-jolly for Glimmerglass!
I'm busy writing a guest blog post and then must do some ornery tasks that are singing my name in gutturals and shrills... So just for fun, here's a bit of welcome for Glimmerglass from the editor of Books and Culture:
John Wilson @jwilson1812 21h
Having read it at a previous stage, I already know it will be one of my favorite books of the year @marlyyoumans
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John Wilson @jwilson1812 21h
Having read it at a previous stage, I already know it will be one of my favorite books of the year @marlyyoumans
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June 3, 2014
In sun and rain--
Illustration by Galen Dara
It's a melancholy day, as child no. 2 heads back to Vermont with her godparents, and the house is quiet. Outside the rain is falling, fine and gentle, sometimes in the sunshine. It all seems so appropriate to the date. As we grow older, more and more dates in our lives have a special, often secret meaning, sometimes connected with something beautiful, sometimes
It's a melancholy day, as child no. 2 heads back to Vermont with her godparents, and the house is quiet. Outside the rain is falling, fine and gentle, sometimes in the sunshine. It all seems so appropriate to the date. As we grow older, more and more dates in our lives have a special, often secret meaning, sometimes connected with something beautiful, sometimes
May 31, 2014
Poems at Mezzo Cammin
What Consoles the Fool
Glossary by Twilight
Invisibles
Take a look at the new issue--lots of familiar and not-so-familiar names in the realm of women-who-write-formal-poems. Also, please look at the just-prior and brand new post about "The Magician's Card," an essay written for Fujimura Institute.
Glossary by Twilight
Invisibles
Take a look at the new issue--lots of familiar and not-so-familiar names in the realm of women-who-write-formal-poems. Also, please look at the just-prior and brand new post about "The Magician's Card," an essay written for Fujimura Institute.
May 30, 2014
The Magician's Card
The Magician’s Card by Marly Youmans
Poet, novelist, and short story writer Marly Youmans has written a compelling response to Makoto Fujimura’s On Becoming Generative: an Introduction to Culture Care! In the 10-page essay, Youmans explores the role of the artist in caring for culture through the powerful story of her friend Louis D. Rubin, Jr. You can download the full PDF for free here.
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Poet, novelist, and short story writer Marly Youmans has written a compelling response to Makoto Fujimura’s On Becoming Generative: an Introduction to Culture Care! In the 10-page essay, Youmans explores the role of the artist in caring for culture through the powerful story of her friend Louis D. Rubin, Jr. You can download the full PDF for free here.
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Novelist Stephen Roth at Amazon
The Ferrol Sams AwardSilver Award, a ForeWord Book of the Year
Thanks to novelist Stephen Roth for taking the time to review on Amazon...
It's a rare achievement when a work of fiction contains enough detail and nuance about a particular place in history that you, the reader, feel like you understand and inhabit that world. That's how I felt reading Marly Youmans' A Death at the White
Thanks to novelist Stephen Roth for taking the time to review on Amazon...
It's a rare achievement when a work of fiction contains enough detail and nuance about a particular place in history that you, the reader, feel like you understand and inhabit that world. That's how I felt reading Marly Youmans' A Death at the White
May 29, 2014
Fracas in Book Land
An interesting response from Smashwords to the Amazon-Hachette battle--something readers and writers ought to read. And a writer with a response to that response. Another. And another related one. And one on indie expansion. Feel free to add any thoughts or further links in the comments--readers and writers have a stake in these events. Big hat tip to Damien G. Walter.
Here's an issue about
Here's an issue about
May 28, 2014
Antioch Writers' Workshop, Yellow Springs
Registration for the Full Week Program and A La Carte is now open online. The deadline to register is June 22, 2014. A program description and schedule are available on the Antioch website.
29th Annual Summer Workshop: July 12-18, 2014
The 2014 AWW Afternoon Seminars are filling up! But, there may still be time for you to make it into one of these excellent seminar opportunities:
29th Annual Summer Workshop: July 12-18, 2014
The 2014 AWW Afternoon Seminars are filling up! But, there may still be time for you to make it into one of these excellent seminar opportunities:
May 27, 2014
"I hope more and more people will recognize"
I'm really proud of what we're all doing together -- and it seems like the readers agree. Which is good because we all need their support to keep going. Poetry publication is extremely challenging, and I hope more and more people will recognize the high quality of the books we're bringing out, not only in terms of the writing but the design, art, typography, and printing. It's a group effort, a
May 26, 2014
Ferrywoman on the road
Bit of green stained glass courtesy of sxc.hu and Anonymous
It was an adventurous day of playing Ferrywoman, fetching my daughter home. I managed to get lost in the Absolute Boonies despite a mapquest printout and GPS (which took me in a not-amusing forest circle) but made it to where I was going, and even had a wonderful picnic on the way back, and saw three curious fox kits in the woods. (
It was an adventurous day of playing Ferrywoman, fetching my daughter home. I managed to get lost in the Absolute Boonies despite a mapquest printout and GPS (which took me in a not-amusing forest circle) but made it to where I was going, and even had a wonderful picnic on the way back, and saw three curious fox kits in the woods. (
The hand of peace and love--
A hand of hard-earned peace and love on Memorial Day.
Image by Clive Hicks-Jenkins for Thaliad (Montreal: Phoenicia Publishing)
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