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Friday, March 01, 2013

Marly at Waylines

Alisa Alering of the changeable hair and quick pen has interviewed me for a series called The Writer's Room at Waylines (issue 2.) She asks some curious questions, and I reply in kind. Perhaps I should admit that my writing room is much messier now, and the walls are obliterated with pictures to the ceiling. Enjoy.

Elsewhere: excerpts from 2012 books (A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage, Thaliad, The Foliate Head) at Scribd. Thaliad at Phoenicia Publishing. See tabs above for more.

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Clive Hicks-Jenkins4:04 AM, March 02, 2013
Good to see that Welsh Dragon presiding!!!
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Marly Youmans2:34 PM, March 02, 2013
Yes, thank you, Clare Dudman!
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Alas, I must once again remind large numbers of Chinese salesmen and other worldwide peddlers that if they fall into the Gulf of Spam, they will be eaten by roaming Balrogs. The rest of you, lovers of grace, poetry, and horses (nod to Yeats--you do not have to be fond of horses), feel free to leave fascinating missives and curious arguments.

Youmans (pronounced like 'yeoman' with an 's' added) is the best-kept secret among contemporary American writers --John Wilson, editor, Books and Culture. Marly Youmans is a novelist and poet out of sync with the times but in tune with the ages --First Things. I cannot recommend an author more than Marly Youmans, whose fantastic prose is absolutely gorgeous & haunting --novelist Sebastien Doubinsky. Youmans, one of the biggest secrets of contemporary American fiction, writes with freshness & beauty --Jeffery Beam.