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https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/08/husband-home-from-mt.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels Husband home from Mt. Katahdin is off to North Carolina mountains. Mozambique next. Exhausting, all this waving. marly youmansthe palace https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/07/aurora.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels Aurora. Columbine. Such beautiful words. marly youmansthe palace https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/04/midnight-crier-at-200-am-that-was.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Midnight Crier (at 2:00... Some days ago I announced that a penpal, Philip Lee Williams, had won the Shaara for 2004. Then I had to change it to the ______ because th... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/04/poet-dick-jones-on-thaliad.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: poet Dick Jones on Thaliad Pilfered from Dick Jones' facebook page ... Thanks to him! Dick is author of Ancient Lights , also from Phoenicia . Phoenicia Publishin... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2017/05/spirit-fall.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Spirit-fall "Spirit-fall," a poem influenced by Yoruban chant and ancient Hebrew poetry. Originally published by editor Jonathan Farmer in "At Length.... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2006/12/weird-rollicksome-hornet.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Weird Rollicksome Hornet... REGARDING FORAYS TO THE HORNET'S NEST Note to self, regarding prior post: never write about sex and books on blog. My own final flourish (at... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2006/09/palace-at-200-am-aphorism-no-1.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Palace at 2:00 a.m. Aphorism... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/12/thank-you.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Thank you to Maryam Chahine for picking "The Buried Girl" as her poem of the week this week (scroll down, bottom right.) Earlier it appeared in Mezzo... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-it-goes-in-village-of-cooperstown.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: How it goes in the Village of... As my husband (man of hobbies and adventures) flew off to Johannesburg and then Maputo and rambled on from there a few days ago, I am about ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-flower-girl.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Flower Girl THE FLOWER GIRL with many thanks to Paul Digby Here's a not-much-more than newborn poem from me, embodied in an even newer video... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/08/glancing-down-from-book-heap.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Glancing down from the book heap-- I must finish reading some books for a phone conference in the morning, plus I have a ferrying job today, so . . . frolic as you like, here ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2015/03/brazil-and-fire.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Brazil and fire-- Suzanne makes posters (of me) Today I'm finishing up (hope!) galleys for Maze of Blood (now with an updated page.) Meanwhile, here's a f... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/03/mike-diary-ho-hoam-kiem-turtle.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Mike-diary: The Ho Hoam Kiem... Dispatches from IndoChine (March 6) The Ho Hoan Kiem turtle is dying. This event is national news here. The VN Yahoo homepage has photos of ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/10/pullman-lewis-world-changing.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Pullman, Lewis, & the... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/07/galacticumcom-review-of-ingledove.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Galacticum.com review of... Daniel Eskridge has published a review of Ingledove at http://www.galactium.com/reviews_Ingledove.html . It's good; anything that ends "I h... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-happy-st.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Valentine's Day A happy St. Valentine's afternoon to you-- Photo courtesy of John McMurdo of the UK and sxc.hu https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/12/ferrywoman-says.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Ferrywoman says Up at 5:30 to meet the varsity bus... Take care out there, world! Me too. Going to a wrestling tournament in snowsnowsnow. Later: Made ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/p/raven-mocker.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Curse of the Raven Mocker 2003 Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003 Jacket image by Steve Cieslawski Best Children's Book of 2003, Baton Rouge Advocate --- Top... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/04/palace-p-o.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Palace P. O. Bookish NYC picture postcards, all from the last three days: Robbie-the-editor in his new beard (already scraped off, though I said that I ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-3-kenneths-and-little-match-girl-of.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The 3 Kenneths and the Little... Could we please get this straight? There are three poets from approximately the same era named Kenneth. Kenneth Koch, Kenneth Rexroth, an... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/04/my-ship-comes-in-argosy-quarterly.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: My ship comes in--"Argosy... Today my copies of Argosy Quarterly arrived, and they really are as beautiful--a pleasing size and illustrated on good paper, with two vol... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/12/on-second-day-of-christmas.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: On the second day of Christmas-- Clive Hicks-Jenkins, The Comfort of Angels Attending the Dying This blog is a literary one and not a political one; I tend to leave any ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/10/irresistible-delight-of-new-book.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Irresistible Delight of a New... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/04/contraries-creativity-and-news.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Contraries: creativity and the... 1. Two contrarians For many good reasons, I thought of Dobelli and Thoreau this week. Dobelli's essay is worth a read, and if you don't w... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-fools-day.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: April Fool's Day If you're a frequent visitor, you may know that I have a long sequence involving a king, a fool, and many minor characters. Many of the nigh... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-cupboard-child.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The cupboard child One of the M. S. Corley designs for the Potter books--see more here . In which a mid-list writer and mother of three explains to th... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/07/magnificent-review.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Magnificent review Thanks to About.com Contemporary Literature for a review of A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage that makes great claims for the book. T... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/11/that-which-snatches.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: That Which Snatches There! You needed harpies today, didn't you? And harpies you shall have... And me? I have a dire need to dispose of a harpie-bug one of my c... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/04/great-april-prognostication-of-now-and.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Great April Prognostication... Unceasing wonders: Catherwood is back in print! I've decided that the basic Yankee snow heap with scooped bedroom and candles is a perfectl... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/08/tinies-no-2.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Tinies, no. 2 As I don't have time this summer to write anything of length, thanks to a major reading assignment, I have been writing fragments--what they... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2006/09/octobers-aphorisms.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: October's aphorisms https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2017/05/rollipokin.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Rollipokin' The Rollipoke News no. 3 is now out! If you're a subscriber to my newsletter, please check your spam if you do not see a copy.... (And if y... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/12/owen-chooses-frost.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Owen chooses Frost Writer, illustrator, publisher, dreamer, James A. Owen chooses Frost for today's post at The Lydian Stones ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2008/09/frolics-various.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Frolics, various Updatery department: Lucy of Box Elder has pointed out to me that artist-Annie-who-moved-to-California is working on a picture for "Static... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/10/our-absolutely-deplorable-literary.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: "Our Absolutely Deplorable... "In saying that our literature must separate itself from the book and magazine industry of the metropolitan Northeast, what I mean is that ... https://darwincatholic.blogspot.com/2020/05/charis-in-world-of-wonders-by-marly.html DarwinCatholic: Charis in the World of Wonders, by Marly Youmans: A Review I received a review copy of Charis in the World of Wonders , but my thoughts are all my own. My Amazon review: Gentle Charis, educ... in the world https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/02/st-valentines-day-dulac-yeats-thaliad.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: St. Valentine's Day / Dulac,... Edmund Dulac, from Gods and Mortals in Love Persephone accosted by Hades, soon to be wrenched from the world of spring. A Valentine fo... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2014/03/richard-nester-on-buffalo-laughter.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Richard Nester on "Buffalo... Cover art by Lavina Blossom Hemet, California: Kelsay Books, 2014 Buffalo Laughter Every year the buffalo get together like a bunc... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/07/pre-orders.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Pre-orders-- Pre-orders are now available from Stanza Press in the U.K. Interior/exterior art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Design by Andrew Wakelin. https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2020/02/and-now-charis-rejoices.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: And now Charis rejoices... HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY Saw a St. Valentine in a glass coffin last year in Stephansdom in Vienna. He had the fanciest curled-toed shoes! ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2006/09/palace-aphorisms-series-1-nos-3-5.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Palace Aphorisms, series 1,... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/02/snow-birds-thaliad.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Snow. Birds. Thaliad. ONE SOUTHERNER, ONE BROODY SKY It has snowed in the night. It will snow more. The sky sags, weighty and entirely serious with snow. Assor... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/07/sunday-afternoon-with-armide.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Sunday afternoon with Armide Today I went to see Lully's Armide at Glimmerglass Opera with painter and singer ( Aida chorus) Yolanda Sharpe and was better pleased over... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/12/behind-door.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Behind the door Every day my children, big as they are, still like to open a door on the little wooden Advent calendar and find a present inside. Here is a ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/03/wroth-wroth-with-ted-hughes.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Wroth, wroth with Ted Hughes Dear, dead, evidently-irresistible Ted Hughes, there I was sailing along, enjoying your unscabbarded lines, the force of your word-twisting,... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2006/09/twigs-on-family-tree.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Twigs on the family tree Sally Jo Hance The daughter of Sallie E. Latimer and James Washington Hance, Sally Jo is my maternal great-grandmother. Born in Turin, Geo... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/12/other-blurb-request.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The other blurb request... Marly Youmans' new book is a vividly realized, panoramic novel of survival during The Great Depression. There is poetry in Youmans' wri... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2008/10/fiction-politics-with-dash-of-poetry.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Fiction & Politics, with a dash... What I have learned from and since writing a post about the current election: 1. People may hate politics but they can't seem to stop talkin... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/04/curious-and-sparkling-traherne.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Curious and sparkling Traherne-- From a solo show by painter and storyteller Eleanor Allitt , inspired by the visions of Thomas Traherne 1. Traherne I must have bee... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/08/corbett-sacred-harp-convention.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Corbett, "Sacred Harp Convention" Progeny shenanigans are underway. My husband, having gone to Mt. Katahdin with a load of Scouts, turned around and zipped to North Carolin... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2006/11/sticks.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Sticks Sticks. Favorite silly quote of the week My children are 1/16th Akwesasne Mohawk, and so they have a special interest when Iroquois pop up i... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-centre-cannot-hold.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: "the centre cannot hold" Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/05/wales-album-tiny-portals.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Wales Album: tiny portals Close by was a little table with the words DRINK ME written on the table in gold letters. At Castell Powis, near Welshpool, Powys, Wales... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/11/nyc-glimpses.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: NYC glimpses Ivory dreams. The National Book Foundation put us up in The Essex after our first hotel was washed out by Sandy. This shop window is no... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2015/12/good-wuthering.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Good wuthering I'm very glad to have landed a spot on Amateur Reader's Wuthering Expectations end-of-year lists because I love that site. If I had all the... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2021/12/starting-with-sentence-by-aidan-hart.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: "Starting with a Sentence by... As I've had to be away a great deal this year, I haven't posted much... but here's a poem that just emerged in First Things , in print and o... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/07/rich-and-strange.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: "Rich and strange" Review - Youmans' novel might be her best yet Sample clips: "A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage" continues Youmans' winning... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/04/gate-house-forthcoming.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: "The Gate House" forthcoming "The Gate House," a novella set in the peculiar landscape of Templeton, is forthcoming in Argosy Quarterly 4. Templeton is the setting for ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2006/09/palace-aphorisms-7-9.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Palace Aphorisms, 7-9 Notes: One of the following aphorisms is not true, but why let that get in the way? Aphorisms are sometimes true. Aphorisms are sometimes o... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/08/realio-trulio-o-u-t.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Realio & trulio O-U-T The news has gone out on facebook and Twitter and elsewhere, so perhaps not many will be surprised: rumor had it this morning that The Fol... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/04/sparowes.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: "Sparowes" It had a velvet cap, And wold syt upon my lap, And seke after small wormes, And somtyme white bred crommes; And many tymes and ofte Be... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2006/11/palace-aphorisms-nos-66-88-in-which-i.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Palace Aphorisms nos. 66-88: in... Palace Aphorism no. 88 It is better to clip bad poetry into pieces than to clip prose into pieces called poems. Aphorism no. 87, or Why Shak... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/05/in-extremis-from-throne-of-psyche-digby.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: "In Extremis" from THE THRONE OF... A reminder: I am reading from The Throne of Psyche-- 7 p.m. May 26, Thursday The Green Toad Bookstore 198 Main, Oneonta NY This doe... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/11/there-and-back-again.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: "There and back again" Rebecca Beatrice Miller Still feeling worn from a lingering cold and travel, but I'm back from a day at The Center for Cartoon Studies ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/11/12-days-till.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: 12 days till... HAWKING + PEDDLING Reminder of meritorious possibility! Act on this while eating bitter melon and you will never suffer from monobrow or... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2015/03/finalist-botya-awards.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: finalist, Foreword BOTYA awards Back soon--working on galleys for Maze of Blood. Glimmerglass here: Foreword Reviews' 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Final... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-knitting-madonna.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The knitting Madonna-- Eric Gill, Madonna and child and angel, 1916 Woodblock on paper At the Tate and other collections Merry Christmas! https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/p/events.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Events detail by Clive Hicks-Jenkins Glimmerglass (Mercer 9/2014) upcoming readings and events (dates in backward order) 2023 June 25 Catskil... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2017/01/cat-exploded-make-good-art.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Cat exploded? Make good art. Illumination by Clive Hicks-Jenkins for Thaliad Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in fr... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/03/mike-diary-birds-of-hanoi.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Mike-diary: Birds of Hanoi Last night our youngest wore his jammies and his bathrobe inside out in hopes of a snow day, and he got one with a vengeance. Several fluffy... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2017/05/clive-hicks-jenkins-at-lotte-inch.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Clive Hicks-Jenkins and Sarah... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/08/tinies-no-3.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Tinies no. 3 Here's another in a series of word doodles made during the months devoted to award reading (June-Sept 15), when I had (and have) little time... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/12/year-of-blue-tree-part-1.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The year of the blue tree, part 1 A saga of astonishing foolhardiness, to be continued tomorrow... Mid-afternoon: we decide that we must get a tree because on our only other ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2006/04/palace-fool.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Palace Fool I have learned to love marketing, the way Catherine Morland learned to love a hyacinth! I'm going to do a promotional event per day and be c... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/11/maquettes-for-paul-and-all.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Maquettes for Paul and all Almost noon, and a snowy Saturday is well underway... The wandering husband is no longer racing on horseback to the pyramids at Giza but i... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/10/slave-to-frolic.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: A slave to frolic The 3-day birthday extravaganza holds me in thrall. Free on the 12th! https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/08/medusans.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Medusans Had a jolly dinner in Medusa, New York with five writers from L. A., New York City, and the Catskills. Not a one showed snaky locks or turne... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/12/q-looniness-abounds.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Q-looniness abounds! Thank you to managing editors Dave Bonta and Beth Adams for nominating "I Heard Their Wings Like the Sound of Many Waters" for a Pushcar... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/11/shake-shake-shake.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Shake, shake, shake-- Shaker births, Shaker marriages... Christmas is on my brain, as I got a sudden commission to write Advent lyrics for a song yesterday... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/03/reminder-pre-order-discounts-ending.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Reminder: pre-order discounts... If you are a discount shopper and want to purchase The Throne of Psyche , know that pre-order prices for both the hardcover and paperback w... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2006/09/palace-aphorisms-13-15.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Palace Aphorisms, 13-15 https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/12/making-list-checking-it-twice.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Making a list, checking it twice Snitched from twitter: reviewer Tomcat's list of his favorite books of 2013, in no particular order--and yet I like the order very well. H... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2015/12/you-asked-no-2-writer-artist-designer.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: You asked, no. 2: writer, artist,... Clive Hicks-Jenkins : When time allowed and opportunities came my way, I began to make book cover images for some of my friends, the chief ... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2015/10/memory-with-olives.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Memory, with olives-- detail from Clive Hicks-Jenkins art in Maze of Blood The five of us--no, we were just four then--stopped at a pizza place in Durham afte... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2006/12/roasted-phoenix-december-2006.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Roasted Phoenix / December 2006 The Very Last Phoenix of 2006 December Here are new poetry publications and one interesting book publication. And something or other that I... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/04/tiny-memory.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Tiny memory In Siem Reap, tried to eat a small Cambodian elephant, thinking it chocolate. A hard, dark wood, unkind to teeth. https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-madness.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: March Madness I must be feeling a little jaded... THREE HAIKU FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MARCH MADNESS PICKS* Japan, firefighters, Libya, rebel fighters-- Spring... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2005/12/year-of-blue-tree-part-5.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The year of the blue tree, part 5 In which the blue forest invades a cottage in the Village of Templeton... 6:58 p.m. N is asleep, and R falls asleep immediately upon arrival... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-interview-link.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: New interview link In answer to a request for another link: the WSKG interview has now shifted into archives and on-demand play. You may find it here , accompa... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2013/04/events.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Events New events scheduled for North Carolina and Ohio in the coming 16 months. I'll be adding more in North Carolina soon. https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2014/07/yo-ho-for-o-hi-o.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Yo ho for O-hi-o photo by Paul Digby, July 2014 I had a wonderful time teaching at the Antioch workshops, and then promptly sailed off to Alliance, where... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/11/collaboration-frolics.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Collaboration frolics Fujimura with "Charis" Wednesday is always mightily busy, but today I have an interesting extra thing to work on. I've been asked for a... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/07/meeting-beth-adams-and-jonathan-saadah.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Meeting Beth Adams and Jonathan... Exclamatory caption: Here are two women in black t-shirts and similar glasses! They must be artists! Or twins! Or friends... The shrimp... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/07/on-calendar.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: On the calendar On July 24 I'll be talking about A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage and The Throne of Psyche with Bill Jaker of "Off the Page" (... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2011/11/plentitude.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Plentitude As I am rather busy today and have a husband leaving for Morocco tomorrow, I am glad that Dale Favier has done all the work of posting for... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2012/07/clive-prints-of-thaliad.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Clive & prints of "Thaliad" Clive Hicks-Jenkins is having a printmaker create a risograph version of the cover of "Thaliad." This idea sprang from the Artlog and the... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2007/01/paean-to-long-grass-books-no-1-98.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Paean to the Long Grass Books no.... * * * * * * * Paean to the Long Grass Books, no. 1 In 2007, I'm going to write more about books that ought to be more visible than they are-... https://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2006/09/katie-has-snack.html Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Katie has a snack If you look closely, you will see that Ant, the friend of Katydid, is coming to tea... Here is my mama on katydids: "Katies are all over the...