tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post2552309724750295314..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Short thoughtsMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-90814139390106487792017-11-01T16:42:52.435-04:002017-11-01T16:42:52.435-04:00Hah, thanks--shall look.Hah, thanks--shall look.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-41123215043152491792017-11-01T12:58:45.047-04:002017-11-01T12:58:45.047-04:00FYI
https://infinqs.blogspot.com/2017/11/novels-an...FYI<br />https://infinqs.blogspot.com/2017/11/novels-antidotes-to-opinions-and.html<br />RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-61478201758563695252017-11-01T10:52:42.550-04:002017-11-01T10:52:42.550-04:00You're always welcome to pillage anything you ...You're always welcome to pillage anything you like here!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-79333318276154785392017-11-01T10:23:02.165-04:002017-11-01T10:23:02.165-04:00Marly, I very much like the notion of novel as ant...Marly, I very much like the notion of novel as antidote. ‘Tis a great phrase that I might have to borrow with attribution, but only with your permission, for an upcoming posting. RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-53592766087677897432017-11-01T09:37:10.456-04:002017-11-01T09:37:10.456-04:00As a Southerner (child of a defeated country, full...As a Southerner (child of a defeated country, full of original sin, right?), I was stuffed full of guilt at an early age, so I tend to have sympathy and a sense of remorse for people in their delusions. I also am deeply suspicious of all pronouncements of a political nature. Those two things conflict in the case of Pound. The Avedon photographs of him seem like pictures of a tormented individual,Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-30754198602634486832017-11-01T04:42:29.332-04:002017-11-01T04:42:29.332-04:00One has opinions about this or that but the great ...One has opinions about this or that but the great thing about writing novels is your characters may have entirely divergent opinions about this and that. Thus you may explore both enthusiasm and antipathy while wearing a mask. In life Pound had been too hard for me but not for my favourite heroine, Jana, in Out Of Arizona (see below). And then, having written this, I magically found Pound more Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-75935564192402291602017-10-31T13:14:15.864-04:002017-10-31T13:14:15.864-04:00For me, I think it started as Southern politeness-...For me, I think it started as Southern politeness--I never wanted to "bother" anybody with reading my work. Though I did an event with Allan Gurganus, and he said that he has seven beta readers, and he's Southern! Maybe not deep South...<br /><br />Yes, I get a lot out of being with painter friends--things translate from mode to mode in an interesting way, and I just like the Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-18447634581832464382017-10-31T12:54:18.097-04:002017-10-31T12:54:18.097-04:00I'm with you on that. I've never wanted or...I'm with you on that. I've never wanted or needed a "critique group"; I don't need others to tell me when something I'm writing is a little too out-there. And, selfishly, I don't have time to slog through other people's drafts. I'm thinking events and camaraderie might be in order, and of others want to form some sort of editing circle, they can feel free to Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-9785245031677642612017-10-31T01:15:21.497-04:002017-10-31T01:15:21.497-04:00p. s. Shall order your book tomorrow!p. s. Shall order your book tomorrow!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-16778820262842411482017-10-31T01:06:51.808-04:002017-10-31T01:06:51.808-04:00That little shot doesn't show it properly: it&...That little shot doesn't show it properly: it's huge! There was another pot of his with inlaid turquoise. It may be a borrowing, as all the black ware I remember from childhood was decorated in a flatter manner, all black.<br /><br />I was talking to a painter friend who lives in Gloucester, MA, and the writing group there sponsors all sorts of events and is continually active. I don'Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-33424312621282795762017-10-30T23:38:59.245-04:002017-10-30T23:38:59.245-04:00That Cherokee pot is fantastic. I've noticed i...That Cherokee pot is fantastic. I've noticed in the past that Zuni carvers often depict ravens with red eyes. I wonder if this is an example of borrowing within the Native American art scene? Regardless, it's truly striking.<br /><br />As for feeling isolated as a writer, I get that. a local Presbyterian minister just had a surprise hit with a novel he wrote, and he apparently organizes aJeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-78953075026070032272017-10-30T11:38:41.230-04:002017-10-30T11:38:41.230-04:00Well, let me know what you think when you work it ...Well, let me know what you think when you work it out! I thought it was a good one to go with the Pound comment, but it also has pertinence to current issues.<br /><br />Well, Austen turned down a comfortable marriage and kept to art, so...<br /><br />Fly up there for a visit? It's a long way otherwise.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-28858930502637774022017-10-30T11:06:33.719-04:002017-10-30T11:06:33.719-04:00I’m not sure what to make of the Heinlein quote. H...I’m not sure what to make of the Heinlein quote. Hmmm. <br />My mind is running to Austen rather than Heinlein today, and I wonder what she would have thought about poverty and art. <br />https://infinqs.blogspot.com/<br />Postscript: your photo of the falls makes me homesick...I miss my Western Pennsylvania mountains...but I will never see them again. <br />RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com