tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post1190578704643700131..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Light and languageMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-10663126563605235842017-02-03T23:41:58.950-05:002017-02-03T23:41:58.950-05:00Heh, yes! Agree.
I was disappointed that I got al...Heh, yes! Agree.<br /><br />I was disappointed that I got alternate rather than a fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society, but they just gave me nine days for research there, yay! So that's going to help me with my novel...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-40633026733189574272017-02-03T23:34:02.473-05:002017-02-03T23:34:02.473-05:00I too am trying to figure out what it is I intend ...I too am trying to figure out what it is I intend to accomplish with words this year--and am dismayed that it's already February! I've decided that if I can get meet three or four of my major goals in 2017 despite the world's nonstop attempts to bombard me with political ephemera, I'll be pleased with myself.Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-3009283667308453332017-02-01T10:51:38.468-05:002017-02-01T10:51:38.468-05:00They also produced a huge body of work in the form...They also produced a huge body of work in the form of sermons, diaries (everybody--well, usually men--had to keep track of spiritual ups and downs), spiritual autobiographies, Indian captivity narratives, poetry (of a great variety of lengths and forms, far more than in our day), etc. Anne Dudley Bradstreet and Edward Taylor are both fascinating poets.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-28143960231290920602017-02-01T10:14:07.358-05:002017-02-01T10:14:07.358-05:00Marly, I have been reading Paul Johnson's Hist...Marly, I have been reading Paul Johnson's History of American People, and he corroborates your point about early colonists' literacy, but he adds that literacy was driven by an essential book and the need to read it: the Bible. Indeed, without early American commitment to the Bible, God knows what would have happened to the American experiment. I wish the vocal rabble in 2016 would RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com