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Sharon Short, Director
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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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.
Bravo! Enjoy the workshop. This reminds me, though, of another New York literary mecca: Yaddo. Is it still a functioning aesthetic enterprise? Way back in the 40s and 50s, as I recall, it was a splendid destination for serious writers and artists (Flannery O'Connor comes to mind). Is it near your neck of the woods?
ReplyDeleteYes, it's in Saratoga. I went a few years ago... the only time I have applied, as it's hard to leave children when one is married to somebody who goes on call frequently. I had a marvelous time, and met some wonderful people, and wrote a book that will be out next year.
DeleteThat title sounds like a line out of Shakespeare. Have a good time!
ReplyDeleteShall do my very best to have a good time, Ms. Lucy!
DeleteIt is strongly iambic, isn't it? Feel free to finish the line... or maybe the sonnet? Or a long, nattering piece of blank verse?
I have opened a document with the very same title and typed it in, shall let you know if it fructifies!
ReplyDeleteI do desire to see your end results,
DeleteAnd read your words of summer's Antioch!