tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post1262519467531644798..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: A gift outright--Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-18020852306643604582013-07-15T12:45:15.705-04:002013-07-15T12:45:15.705-04:00Yes, I wish local communities and bookstores would...Yes, I wish local communities and bookstores would be more responsive to good poets, but things are as they are. And we can't run about the world, fixing, fixing... Being a rather practical place, America has never been all that kind to her poets.marlyhttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-33565783206734196182013-07-15T10:18:55.519-04:002013-07-15T10:18:55.519-04:00Stories like this do make me sad. Perfect choice o...Stories like this do make me sad. Perfect choice of a quote, too, Marly.Bethhttp://www.cassandrapages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-29644910926330788232013-07-15T09:49:23.049-04:002013-07-15T09:49:23.049-04:00While I don't feel that the world owes me anyt...While I don't feel that the world owes me anything and that I must be both as yielding as grass when the wind blows and hard in my determination, I feel a lot of sympathy for good writers who are felled and quelled by the way the world is.<br /><br />On the other hand, poets in our time have to combat the most chaotic scene in the world's history. Has there ever been such a range of marlyhttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-75190186884171943592013-07-15T09:40:05.479-04:002013-07-15T09:40:05.479-04:00I understand how he feels, and I cannot support ot...I understand how he feels, and I cannot support other writers as I would like because I cannot get sufficient work to have extra money to do it. <br />It is all as frustrating to me as it is to your friend and to everyone who writes.<br />It would be nice to have some respect for a change, once a person has earned it. That seems to be too much to ask.<br />Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-57267635418014265292013-07-15T00:58:21.179-04:002013-07-15T00:58:21.179-04:00Yes, it is pretty sad. But we know that the world ...Yes, it is pretty sad. But we know that the world often rewards the wrong things.marlyhttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-35411171326339256632013-07-14T23:53:06.777-04:002013-07-14T23:53:06.777-04:00This makes me very sad - another story of lack of ...This makes me very sad - another story of lack of support for the arts everywhere. That's including here in Canada, the worst being BC where there are so very many writers and artists.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-34278880216938806602013-07-14T23:28:51.913-04:002013-07-14T23:28:51.913-04:00Well, he has done a great deal of that sort of thi...Well, he has done a great deal of that sort of thing. He has done a terrific number of events and visits and so on. For many years, he did a well-known series for children and parents that was quite popular. Sad to say, these sorts of events don't seem to translate into the sort of continued interest in a writer's work that would be encouraging.<br /><br />He has done a very great deal inmarlyhttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-87565060008415403012013-07-14T22:43:23.650-04:002013-07-14T22:43:23.650-04:00If Mohammad won't come to the mountain...and h...If Mohammad won't come to the mountain...and he is so hungry for an audience and willing to give it away, why not contact a local school and offer to give a series of readings and Q&A or maybe master classes to students who are truly interested in literature and poetry (i hate saying/limiting to only "honors classes" or whatever, but i suppose that's where they would be zephyrhttp://www.thegarden.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com