Marly Youmans's Blog, page 78
October 31, 2013
Glass half empty, glass half full--
The good news...
67% of high school grads do read another book. And that's a hopeful thing.
58% of college grads do read at least one more book. Some read lots!
43% of books are finished. (Confession: I don't think that's so bad. The older I get, the more demanding I am. At 35, I threw away my first hardcover. In the garbage. Didn't want it to pollute another mind. I very frequently quit
67% of high school grads do read another book. And that's a hopeful thing.
58% of college grads do read at least one more book. Some read lots!
43% of books are finished. (Confession: I don't think that's so bad. The older I get, the more demanding I am. At 35, I threw away my first hardcover. In the garbage. Didn't want it to pollute another mind. I very frequently quit
October 29, 2013
A fire was in my head--
Clive Hicks-Jenkins
for The Foliate Head, poetry from
UK: Stanza Press, 2012
Listening to Mike Scott and the Waterboys and An Appointment with Mr. Yeats after writing the opening chapter--the warning chapter--to a very odd story...
Looks as if it might be described as a cross between two very different forms, one being a novel and the other being . . . eh, later!
I didn't mean to start
for The Foliate Head, poetry from
UK: Stanza Press, 2012
Listening to Mike Scott and the Waterboys and An Appointment with Mr. Yeats after writing the opening chapter--the warning chapter--to a very odd story...
Looks as if it might be described as a cross between two very different forms, one being a novel and the other being . . . eh, later!
I didn't mean to start
October 28, 2013
Zinn Brilliant Ornaments: Cooperstown artisans at work
Header from the new facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/zinnbrilliant
http://www.wmjrigby.com/
http://zinnbrilliant.com/
call 1-607-547-1900
At this time of year, Bill and Janet Rigby make and sell reflector ornaments crafted with 1880 hand-carved molds. Their 42 molds passed from the carver, Gustav A. Mayer, to his daughters, and then to Bill and Janet. It's wonderful to visit them in
http://www.wmjrigby.com/
http://zinnbrilliant.com/
call 1-607-547-1900
At this time of year, Bill and Janet Rigby make and sell reflector ornaments crafted with 1880 hand-carved molds. Their 42 molds passed from the carver, Gustav A. Mayer, to his daughters, and then to Bill and Janet. It's wonderful to visit them in
October 27, 2013
The Rrrrrandom Rrroundup
Thank you
to Clive for a fresh post on Thaliad.
Not a bit surprised
Ted and Sylvia invoke spirits:
"Mention Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath to the average poetry fan, and the first thing that comes to mind (other than the poetry, of course) is likely to be images of doomed romance, suicide, or love gone sour. Less well known are the pair’s experiments with the Ouija board. According to Hughes
to Clive for a fresh post on Thaliad.
Not a bit surprised
Ted and Sylvia invoke spirits:
"Mention Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath to the average poetry fan, and the first thing that comes to mind (other than the poetry, of course) is likely to be images of doomed romance, suicide, or love gone sour. Less well known are the pair’s experiments with the Ouija board. According to Hughes
October 26, 2013
Glimmerglass and Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Clive's first preparatory studies for the cover of my novel Glimmerglass are, as ever, fascinating and lovely. He is planning on a Tree of Life for the cover, with lots of flora and fauna. The minotaur will be on the back with some more vegetation circling a panel for the blurbs.
The jacket/cover will be just as beautiful as the those for my Thaliad and The Foliate Head, and the book will also
The jacket/cover will be just as beautiful as the those for my Thaliad and The Foliate Head, and the book will also
October 24, 2013
Amusing my muse--
Clive Hicks-Jenkins, interior art for Thaliad
I was pleased to learn of Inverarity's just-up review of Thaliad. Not because it's a shiny, stellar review--which it is--but because Inverarity made me laugh with pleasure at my choices and my muse!
I won't quote from the part that made me laugh, as it's more fun to read in context. But here is the conclusion, also amusing:
Verdict: I loved
I was pleased to learn of Inverarity's just-up review of Thaliad. Not because it's a shiny, stellar review--which it is--but because Inverarity made me laugh with pleasure at my choices and my muse!
I won't quote from the part that made me laugh, as it's more fun to read in context. But here is the conclusion, also amusing:
Verdict: I loved
October 23, 2013
More Glimmerglass here!
More Glimmerglass here!
October 22, 2013
One month from today...
This is 59.
Photo: Rebecca Beatrice Miller, August 2013
One month from today, it will be the anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I might not remember my tenth birthday were it not for that day when our teachers rolled in tall stands with big black and white televisions and let us watch the long parade of cars and Jackie Kennedy--who had three months earlier lost a newborn--not
Photo: Rebecca Beatrice Miller, August 2013
One month from today, it will be the anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I might not remember my tenth birthday were it not for that day when our teachers rolled in tall stands with big black and white televisions and let us watch the long parade of cars and Jackie Kennedy--who had three months earlier lost a newborn--not
October 20, 2013
Beautiful things
A leaf from a commonplace book, on that interesting topic, beauty...
Hugh Nissenson:
One of the things that I felt I wanted to do as an artist was to expand the frontiers of my imagination as much as I could; to follow wherever my imaginative facility took me, and to create alternate worlds. I believe deeply that one of the reasons that we get a kick out of reading novels -- for that matter
Hugh Nissenson:
One of the things that I felt I wanted to do as an artist was to expand the frontiers of my imagination as much as I could; to follow wherever my imaginative facility took me, and to create alternate worlds. I believe deeply that one of the reasons that we get a kick out of reading novels -- for that matter
October 19, 2013
Picnic in the rain, songs in the house--
James Krueger - read and listen and buy here
A picnic with many friends around a rural bonfire in the very lightest rain, not even pattering on the nearby pond, followed by a house concert with James Krueger . . . A lovely end to the day.
Extraordinary! An extraordinarily talented writer with a real talent for poetic imagery. Impressive poetic lines, beautiful and original. Remarkable
A picnic with many friends around a rural bonfire in the very lightest rain, not even pattering on the nearby pond, followed by a house concert with James Krueger . . . A lovely end to the day.
Extraordinary! An extraordinarily talented writer with a real talent for poetic imagery. Impressive poetic lines, beautiful and original. Remarkable
