Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels

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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Saturday, May 22, 2021

Playlist! Hidden Cathedral poets!


Back from five weeks in the Carolina mountains, and the 24 videos of poems by various poets made for The Hidden Cathedral Poetry Celebration are now up as a public playlist on youtube. Thanks to those who followed the Cathedral Arts blog (subscribe here) and the celebration--finale on the 22nd with Malcolm Guite.



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Charis in the World of Wonders (Ignatius Press, 2020)

Charis in the World of Wonders (Ignatius Press, 2020)
ed. John Wilson: "confirms once more Marly Youmans' place among the magi."

The Ferrol Sams Award; Silver Award in Fiction, ForeWord BOTYAs

The Ferrol Sams Award; Silver Award in Fiction, ForeWord BOTYAs
D. G. Myers Best Books of 2012 / Books and Culture Favorite Books of 2012. / Writing with a controlled lyrical passion, Marly Youmans has crafted the finest, and the truest period novel I've read in years. --Lucius Shepard

The Throne of Psyche

The Throne of Psyche
Mercer, 2011

KINDRED SPIRITS

photo: R. B. Miller, 8/2013

photo: R. B. Miller, 8/2013
My friend Marly Youmans is one of America's finest writers... From the very beginning of my awareness of her work, I realized that her voice was unique, her grasp of technique in poetry and fiction stunning, and her imagination boundless. -novelist/poet Philip Lee Williams

Val/Orson

Val/Orson
BOOKS AND CULTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR '09 UK: P. S. Publishing. More than any other book I read in 2009, this one insistently came to mind." --John Wilson, Editor

Praise for A DEATH AT THE WHITE CAMELLIA ORPHANAGE

* A REVIEWER: "Its themes and the power of its language, the forceful flow of its storyline and its characters have earned the right to a broad national audience" John M. Formy-Duval for About.com.
* A BOOKSELLER: "I agree with one reviewer that said this is destined to be an American classic." Nancy Olson, Quail Ridge Books, NC

Ingledove

Ingledove
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005. "A simply beautiful novel -Midori Snyder. I really admired this book --Diana Wynne Jones.

Catherwood

Catherwood
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. Ms. Youmans has written a subtle, intelligent novel about one of the most enduring issues in the American experiment: how to embrace “the world and God” as “better” than men dream. --Philip Gambone, The New York Times Book Review.

The Curse of the Raven Mocker

The Curse of the Raven Mocker
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. ...prose this luminous and a narrative this strong deserve wide readership -Fredric Koeppel, The Memphis Commercial Appeal

The Wolf Pit - The Michael Shaara Award

The Wolf Pit - The Michael Shaara Award
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. Now, Youmans, who was reared in the Carolinas and lives in Cooperstown, N. Y., hits her stride as a historical novelist with spellbinding force in only her third book. -Bob Summer, Orlando Sentinel

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HER BOOK-CHILDREN

  • SEREN OF THE WILDWOOD (Wiseblood Books, 2023)
  • CHARIS IN THE WORLD OF WONDERS (Ignatius Press, 2020)
  • THE BOOK OF THE RED KING (Phoenicia Publishing, 2019)
  • MAZE OF BLOOD (Mercer University Press, 2015)
  • GLIMMERGLASS (Mercer University Press, 2014)
  • THALIAD (Montreal: Phoenicia Publishing, 2012)
  • THE FOLIATE HEAD (UK: Stanza Press, 2012)
  • A DEATH AT THE WHITE CAMELLIA ORPHANAGE (Mercer University Press, 2012)
  • THE THRONE OF PSYCHE (Mercer University Press, 2011)
  • VAL/ORSON (UK: P. S. Publishing, 2009)
  • INGLEDOVE (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005)
  • CLAIRE (Louisiana State University Press - Poetry Series, 2003)
  • THE CURSE OF THE RAVEN MOCKER (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003)
  • THE WOLF PIT (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001)
  • CATHERWOOD (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996)
  • LITTLE JORDAN (David R. Godine, Publisher, 1995)

Seren of the Wildwood

Seren of the Wildwood
Wiseblood Books, 2023

The Book of the Red King (Phoenicia Publishing, 2019)

The Book of the Red King (Phoenicia Publishing, 2019)
Marly Youmans is brilliant, perhaps a genius...the reader will be spellbound. -Kelly Cherry

Glimmerglass (Mercer) "Rich and strange" Steelman, Wilmington Star

Glimmerglass (Mercer) "Rich and strange" Steelman, Wilmington Star
It’s difficult to overstate the emotional effect that Glimmerglass has had on me. This is a beautiful, complex, moving book. -Tom Atherton, "Strange Horizons"

Thaliad (Phoenicia, 2012)

Thaliad (Phoenicia, 2012)
Books & Culture Favorites of 2012. Heroic poetry of highest calibre. Amazing, mesmerizing ...work of genius. --Lee Smith

Maze of Blood Mercer '15

Maze of Blood  Mercer '15
This is one of the strangest books I have read in a long while, and also one of the best. -Wilson's Bookmarks, CT

UK: Stanza, 2012

UK: Stanza, 2012
"one of the most beautiful books of the 21st century" -Ben Steelman, The Star News, 11/2014
...wholly beautiful and brilliant. Youmans is a writer of rare ability whose works will one day be studied by serious students of poetry.
--Greg Langley

Marly in Japan, fall 2017

Marly in Japan, fall 2017
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 and haunting.
--novelist Sebastien Doubinsky.
Youmans, one of the biggest secrets of contemporary American fiction, writes with freshness and beauty
--Jeffery Beam.

photo: Paul Digby, 7/2014

photo: Paul Digby, 7/2014

CLAIRE

CLAIRE
Louisiana University Press, 2003 (poetry.) Readers of Marly Youmans know her supple, sensuous prose. In Claire she shifts to the more nervous rhythms of poetry, exploring the dark, rich realms of childhood -John Montague.
Youmans shows astonishing skill, whatever the subject. She is a poet working at the height of her powers
--Kim Bridgford

Little Jordan

Little Jordan
Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1995
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