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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Friday, August 31, 2012

Cassandra in word and image

Some recent images of Iceland by Elizabeth Adams.
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Book designer, artist, writer, publisher, editor and more... If you haven't taken a peek at the recent work of Elizabeth Adams, I recommend that you do. She is a wonderful example of spirit in action, moving toward the beautiful.

Beth has a lot of muscular new pieces inspired by her trip to Iceland, all discussed on her blog, The Cassandra Pages. Want a print or painting of your own? Try Studio Cassandra, where Beth has a brand new Etsy shop with work that is affordable and beautiful.

She is the publisher at the Montreal small press, Phoenicia Publishing, where she also edits and does design work. (My long poem Thaliad, with art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins, will appear from Phoenicia, but in the meanwhile there are other lovely books and more to see there.)

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)

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.