Marly Youmans's Blog, page 87
May 30, 2013
Morning after storm--
Wendy Chidester is one of the artists discussed in the Spring
2013 issue of American Arts Quarterly. Her paintings of out-
of-date machinery are like "relics ... the wonder-working
bones of saints" (p. 42.) Liquid Fuel Iron, oil on canvas,
24 x 26. I like this labor-saving relic of the past, and can't
help personifying the lady iron and her little caboose-
and-papoose child. Looks a bit
2013 issue of American Arts Quarterly. Her paintings of out-
of-date machinery are like "relics ... the wonder-working
bones of saints" (p. 42.) Liquid Fuel Iron, oil on canvas,
24 x 26. I like this labor-saving relic of the past, and can't
help personifying the lady iron and her little caboose-
and-papoose child. Looks a bit
May 29, 2013
Other people's thoughts--
Yesterday was taken up with a trip to Greenwich to drop off a child for a summer job, with stops for supplies--no luck!--and finding the new boss and the place to stay. Afterward we went out to dinner at the Dish Bistro on Main Street, where I met one of the owners, the Susan Garth--a bright, engaging chef who knows how to cook. I had a Moroccan chicken stew, and my daughter a salad with pear and
May 27, 2013
Ferrywoman
Today I am the Ferrywoman, abandoning my family, toting a child to a faraway summer job. I will not be posting today. (No, this is not a post! This is an almost-two a.m. wave...) Have a splendid day, passers-by.
My words, elsewhere:
Thaliad's adventure in verse, with art by artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins (Montreal: Phoenicia, 2012) here and here
The Foliate Head's collection of poems with art by
My words, elsewhere:
Thaliad's adventure in verse, with art by artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins (Montreal: Phoenicia, 2012) here and here
The Foliate Head's collection of poems with art by
Miss Lila and Miss Kate's boys on Memorial Day
The Incendiary Blonde. 91st Bomb Group. 322nd Squadron, flying out
of RAF Bassingbourn. My father is the young man all the way to the right. I
believe he had reached the mature age of 19 when this photo was taken. It was
late in the war, and his friend Blaine Corbin, the mid waist gunner, had just been
killed. Life is full of ironies, and he died from shrapnel wounds on the last day
mid waist
of RAF Bassingbourn. My father is the young man all the way to the right. I
believe he had reached the mature age of 19 when this photo was taken. It was
late in the war, and his friend Blaine Corbin, the mid waist gunner, had just been
killed. Life is full of ironies, and he died from shrapnel wounds on the last day
mid waist
May 24, 2013
Recommendation + news
One of many green man heads made by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
for my poetry collection, The Foliate Head (UK: Stanza Press,
2012.) This leafy one wasn't used, though it's a sweet face.
Useful (very!) new daily roundup of things literary: Prufrock. Subscribe here.
"Prufrock is a daily newsletter on books, art and ideas, edited by Micah Mattix. It contains links to the best reviews and most worthy
for my poetry collection, The Foliate Head (UK: Stanza Press,
2012.) This leafy one wasn't used, though it's a sweet face.
Useful (very!) new daily roundup of things literary: Prufrock. Subscribe here.
"Prufrock is a daily newsletter on books, art and ideas, edited by Micah Mattix. It contains links to the best reviews and most worthy
May 23, 2013
White Camellia review at Commonweal
Edward T. Wheeler, "There and Back Again." A review of A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage
in Commonweal,
June 2013
A few clips from a long, thoughtful review:
There is much to delight a reader in this novel, an abundance of riches: a four-page bravura description of an arrival of a train as seen through Pip’s eyes; his creation of a new mythology based on the anagrams that can be formed
in Commonweal,
June 2013
A few clips from a long, thoughtful review:
There is much to delight a reader in this novel, an abundance of riches: a four-page bravura description of an arrival of a train as seen through Pip’s eyes; his creation of a new mythology based on the anagrams that can be formed
May 22, 2013
Lady Word of Mouth
announces Maryann Corbett's Breath Control. Go pay her a visit, will you?
May 21, 2013
White Camellia review--
Edward T. Wheeler, "There and Back Again." A review of A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage
in Commonweal, June 2013
A few clips from a long, thoughtful review:
There is much to delight a reader in this novel, an abundance of riches: a four-page bravura description of an arrival of a train as seen through Pip’s eyes; his creation of a new mythology based on the anagrams that can be formed
in Commonweal, June 2013
A few clips from a long, thoughtful review:
There is much to delight a reader in this novel, an abundance of riches: a four-page bravura description of an arrival of a train as seen through Pip’s eyes; his creation of a new mythology based on the anagrams that can be formed
May 18, 2013
Spring hiatus
As many demands (deadlines, hoards, promises, etcetera) are trilling my name in high, insistent voices, I am taking a little break from life on the internet. Comments here will reach my personal (that is, non-work) email address, should you have the surprising, perhaps dire (unlikely, but odd things happen in this world of wonders) need for a poet and novelist.
Marly, recent and elsewhere:
Marly, recent and elsewhere:
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is ...
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. —A.A. Milne
