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Interior vignette by Clive Hicks-Jenkins for Glimmerglass (forthcoming in September) |
(in the Catskills south of Oneonta)
Seek Giacometti’s “The Palace at 4 a.m.” Go back two hours. See towers and curtain walls of matchsticks, marble, marbles, light, cloud at stasis. Walk in. The beggar queen is dreaming on her throne of words… You have arrived at the web home of Marly Youmans, maker of novels, poems, and stories, as well as the occasional fantasy. D. G. Myers: "A writer who has more resolutely stood her ground against the tide of literary fashion would be difficult to name."
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Interior vignette by Clive Hicks-Jenkins for Glimmerglass (forthcoming in September) |
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.
Break a leg, as the kids say! I love readings, both as reader and audience member.
ReplyDeleteSnow, ice...might not be hard!
ReplyDeleteI speak only figuratively, ma'am!
ReplyDeleteWe have blue skies, daffodils and flowering trees here in Seattle.
Jealousy is a sad thing.
DeleteSo is snow on the car in late March. If I were not so busy gathering my tax materials, I would sulk! I am green around the edges. Unfortunately the world outside is not following my lead!
Best wishes for a wonderful event. Were I to attend -- if logistic would permit -- I would be sitting silently in the back row, the curmudgeonly fellow with a cabbage leaf on his head under his aluminum foiled lined Atlanta Braves ballcap.
ReplyDeleteI would recognize you instantly!
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