Marly Youmans's Blog, page 80
October 6, 2013
Shutdown, wrap up--
Photo of The Gates by Christo and Jeanne Claude is by Brandon Keim of NYC. Courtesy of sxc.hu.
Impressed by Christo and Jeanne Claude? Liked the mystery and boldness of the wrapped Pont Neuf and the Surrounded Islands and Wrapped Medieval Tower, the Wrapped Roman Wall and the Wrapped Reichstag?
And now just take a look at all our 2013 Shutdown Simultaneously Wrapped National Monuments, the
Impressed by Christo and Jeanne Claude? Liked the mystery and boldness of the wrapped Pont Neuf and the Surrounded Islands and Wrapped Medieval Tower, the Wrapped Roman Wall and the Wrapped Reichstag?
And now just take a look at all our 2013 Shutdown Simultaneously Wrapped National Monuments, the
October 3, 2013
First peek at Glimmerglass!
You can jump here and look at the notebook of Clive Hicks-Jenkins, a once-blank region where he is now at work populating and decorating my novel Glimmerglass, forthcoming in 2014. Once again, as in Thaliad and The Foliate Head (see tabs above for news), we will have interior vignettes and a beautiful jacket, with immaculate design work done by the team of Burt and Burt for Mercer.
Clive has
Clive has
October 2, 2013
A backward glance...
What fun!
Christina Wilder reviewed Val/Orson... and put dreamy forest pictures with her words. I didn't even know this site existed, though it seems very bustling and active. It's another reader-as-reviewer site, only each review gets its own page, and Christina has illustrated the page with appropriate pictures. Anybody know anything about it?
Val/Orson is out of print now, but it'll be
Christina Wilder reviewed Val/Orson... and put dreamy forest pictures with her words. I didn't even know this site existed, though it seems very bustling and active. It's another reader-as-reviewer site, only each review gets its own page, and Christina has illustrated the page with appropriate pictures. Anybody know anything about it?
Val/Orson is out of print now, but it'll be
October 1, 2013
Marly in fall--
One more deadline to go, and then I'll have a breather and welcome my husband back from his v-trip. (So far it is Vienna, Venice, Verona, etc.--and yes, I am a bit green!)
While he was off at a conference and then being a tourist, I have judged several contests, turned in a poetry ms., dealt with painters and carpenter and child no. 3 and gone for much dogwalking with Susquehanna the
While he was off at a conference and then being a tourist, I have judged several contests, turned in a poetry ms., dealt with painters and carpenter and child no. 3 and gone for much dogwalking with Susquehanna the
September 27, 2013
The David Gilmour Flap
Writing room with books, rocks, and birds
Has everybody on earth who has read a book now weighed in on the puckish, contrarian David Gilmour and his interview? No. I have not. I may be the last one.
Here I weigh in
I like the idea of a department having at least one teacher who is wild about his reading and talks about stories from a writer's point of view, and I hope that his enthusiasm
Has everybody on earth who has read a book now weighed in on the puckish, contrarian David Gilmour and his interview? No. I have not. I may be the last one.
Here I weigh in
I like the idea of a department having at least one teacher who is wild about his reading and talks about stories from a writer's point of view, and I hope that his enthusiasm
September 26, 2013
Cooperstown anecdote, with baseball and opera--
Dear blogaholics,
Apologies for being overwhelmed by having to judge contests, revise a novel in short order, finish another manuscript, get the house repaired, and be a single mother, all in a few weeks while my husband is in Austria. I've been posting at facebook, twitter, and the new tumblr site (see links in upper left column), as those only take a minute to dash off. But here's a little
Apologies for being overwhelmed by having to judge contests, revise a novel in short order, finish another manuscript, get the house repaired, and be a single mother, all in a few weeks while my husband is in Austria. I've been posting at facebook, twitter, and the new tumblr site (see links in upper left column), as those only take a minute to dash off. But here's a little
September 23, 2013
In print, all in one spot--
In answer to various people who've asked about what is in print, how to get books, or how to get some book in particular (I get that a lot on the small press books), here's what I know about my 2011-12 books. I'm putting it all in one place and shall put up a rickety little sign with a hand and pointing finger...
For review clips, please use the tabs at the top of the page.
Narratives of two
For review clips, please use the tabs at the top of the page.
Narratives of two
September 21, 2013
Recommended: Marilynne Robinson interview
Art in the interview
by Denise Nestor--go see and read!
I have finished work on two poetry contests and am moving on to make a change in a novel that I thought was finished long ago (changed my mind!); pressure from many deadlines having slackened a little, early this morning I rambled about the net for half an hour. And in my wanderings, I found something to recommend.
I suggest that you
by Denise Nestor--go see and read!
I have finished work on two poetry contests and am moving on to make a change in a novel that I thought was finished long ago (changed my mind!); pressure from many deadlines having slackened a little, early this morning I rambled about the net for half an hour. And in my wanderings, I found something to recommend.
I suggest that you
September 20, 2013
Nose pressed to the grindstone--ouch!
As I am still in the throes of reading manuscripts for contests and after that shall be doing a hasty burnish on a novel, please go and skim about the blog of Fritteria, who has a passel of quick posts in queue. You'll see lots of images from and notes about some interesting friends and acquaintances of mine.
http://marlyyoumans.tumblr.com/.
http://marlyyoumans.tumblr.com/.
September 17, 2013
A case of the fritters
Christine de Pizan
Uh-oh.
This is the kind of terrible thing that happens
when you have read a manuscript twice in a row
and don't quite feel like starting on the third go,
and your brain feels too worn and stupid
to start other scribal duties.
Frittering!
Uh-oh.
This is the kind of terrible thing that happens
when you have read a manuscript twice in a row
and don't quite feel like starting on the third go,
and your brain feels too worn and stupid
to start other scribal duties.
Frittering!
