tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32553845748445795302024-02-06T21:48:00.987-05:00Lady Word of MouthLady Word of Mouth was created as an announcement site--no more and no less--to inform readers about forthcoming and new books (mostly poetry, literary fiction--including fantasy--and nonfiction.) Founded by poet/novelist/writer Marly Youmans, the site currently features writers she knows in the real world and via facebook and other faux-world places. Authors do reply to comments (here, or elsewhere at social media links.)Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-18419234873335355562020-03-17T08:39:00.000-04:002020-03-17T16:48:26.206-04:00The Great Pandemic Book Launch and Frolic; otherwise known as the Marvelous, the Mystical, the Fantastical Saint Patrick's Day Book Party for Marly Youmans's Charis in the World of Wonders
Ethereal Reception to Follow
Place: In your airy, wondrous imagination
Book release date: 17 March 2020 St. Patrick's Day
Time: 12:01 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Book Party Saint: Patrick, naturellement!
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available at indies and online outlets
Amazon and bn.com
Lavishly illuminated by the artful handof Clive Hicks-Jenkins of Wales
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Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-30268911519757282642020-03-13T15:02:00.000-04:002020-03-13T15:28:52.197-04:00Sally Thomas, Motherland
Motherland
Sally Thomas
Able Muse Press
Paperback / softback
ISBN: 978-1-77349-043-4
Digital Formats: Amazon Kindle | Barnes & Noble NOOK
| KOBO | Google Play / Android | Apple iBooks
Publication Date: May 29, 2020
Page Count: 126 Pages
Publisher's Note:
In Sally Thomas’s Motherland, the poet keenly observes the Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-36496872219913286262019-11-19T12:07:00.000-05:002019-11-19T12:07:44.342-05:00Jeffery Beam, Spectral Pegasus / Dark Movements
Spectral Pegasus / Dark MovementsPoems: Jeffery BeamPaintings: Clive Hicks-JenkinsKin Press, 201992 pp.ISBN-10: 099892931XISBN-13: 978-0998929316
Available worldwide. You may purchase online at retailers such as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble, or request through your local bookstore. The first 500 purchasers can receive from the poet, upon request, a CD recording of the poems. (Details Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-30552440972829352882016-04-15T10:02:00.004-04:002016-04-15T10:02:42.712-04:00Jeffery, again--For more of Jeffery Beam, go here. It's a three-part reading!Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-89755002062514985432015-10-17T20:27:00.002-04:002015-10-17T20:28:34.169-04:00Lisa Mangini, "Bird Watching at the End of the World"
Bird Watching at the End of the World
by Lisa Mangini
Paperback; 96 pages
ISBN 978-1625491015
Order from Barnes and Noble, Order from Powells, Order from Amazon
Find out more about Lisa here.
4 sample poems here.
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"Fabulous in their diction, the poems of Lisa Mangini present a world of sadness and grace, particle and wave. Victims of the body, shadowedMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-89530465975923267742015-10-14T22:30:00.000-04:002015-10-14T22:55:37.274-04:00Maryann Corbett, "Mid Evil"
Winner of the Richard Wilbur Award
from Mid Evil,
A Trenta-Sei of Mixed Feelings at the Early Onset of Winter
at Poetry Daily
Mid Evil at Amazon
Hardcover, 86 pages
University of Evansville Press; First edition (January 1, 2015)
ISBN-10: 0930982746
ISBN-13: 978-0930982744
Learn more about Maryann Corbett here
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Praise for Mid Evil
Reading Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-91802718687040721662014-08-26T09:24:00.004-04:002015-10-14T15:06:14.347-04:00Dear friends of Lady Word of Mouth,
As this is a blog for friends with books, rather than one about my books, I will simply point out that if you go here, you can find out about Glimmerglass, published in September 2014. Or you can read about Maze of Blood, September 2015...
Thanks,
MarlyMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-77819950891411664662014-07-22T11:11:00.002-04:002014-07-22T11:18:32.029-04:00Robbi Nester, "A Likely Story"
Cover art by Mary Bullington
Robbi Nester: It’s important to note that A Likely Story, my first full collection of poetry, is a first book. Yes, it’s true that I’ve published a chapbook—Balance (White Violet, 2012). But a full collection is different, especially since I waited my whole life to publish one.
I’ve been writing poetry as a serious pursuit (as serious as any play can be)since I Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-29954303504312852342014-04-28T00:10:00.001-04:002014-04-28T00:10:21.318-04:00NPR/PBS-inspired anthology
Nine Toes Press, an imprint of Lummox Press
Featuring Poets:
Martha O. Adams, RD Armstrong, Anne Baber, Sally Ball, Kris Bigalk, Lavina Blossom, Allen Braden, Kirstin Bratt, Julie Bruck, Mary Bullington, Sheryl Clough, Michael Colonnaise, Barbara Crooker, Donna Decker, Barbara Duffey, Blas Falconer, Jennifer Flescher, Rupert Fike, Deborah Gang, Howie Good, Rick Hamwi, Kenneth Hart,Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-71524234142636279582014-04-14T17:28:00.000-04:002014-04-15T23:19:36.170-04:00Mary Meriam, editor, "Irresistible Sonnets"
Click to purchase +Click to like
Description:
The editor travelled for several decades throughout the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, and Australia (with side trips to Finland, France, and Greece) to collect the rarest, most beautiful, most irresistible contemporary sonnets. The trip was fruitful. Among many colorful characters, the editor found Old Tom in the Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-50608137231107777632014-04-10T08:31:00.000-04:002014-04-10T08:34:27.351-04:00Phillips, "A Pocket Book of Forms"
A Pocket Book of Forms, available in a variety of colors,
with or without a slipcase. Pink. Brown. Blue. Orange.
Gold leaf! And made at the wonderful Penland School...
I just ordered one--why not you? --Marly
A Pocket Book of
Forms
A Pocket
Book of Forms is a letterpress-printed, travel-sized guide to poetic forms, a
reference to be used on the train, on Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-17219673216684011182014-03-28T21:55:00.000-04:002014-03-28T21:55:47.518-04:00Corbett, "Credo for the Checkout Line in Winter"
Maryann Corbett, Credo for the Checkout Line in Winter
Able Muse Press, 102 pp.
Maryann Corbett’s second full-length collection, Credo for the Checkout Line in Winter, draws on profound experience of deep winter in the lived environment, while keeping alive faith that the thaw will come and bring with it the bloom of “uncountable rows of petals.” The themes of this finalistMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-58799072288968184422014-03-28T21:54:00.003-04:002014-03-28T21:54:57.277-04:00Bailey, new edition of "The Astrologer"
A new edition from MDA Books.
Please see the original post about Scott Bailey's The Astrologer here.
And there's a new review by critic David Myers here: "Despite its historical setting, The Astrologer is not really a historical novel at all. It is a self-concealing but ambitious attempt to resuscitate the revenge tragedy. The delight of reading it lies in the discovery and tracing of Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-74552647202434720562014-03-26T10:00:00.000-04:002014-04-15T16:22:17.740-04:00Gary Dietz, "Dads of Disability"
"I am humbled by the honesty, strength, love, and perseverance shared by these dads of disability. I believe this book will help new dads understand they are not alone and dads like me realize they never were."
--Edwin L. Thompson"If you were in the least inspired, as I was, by how the writer Christy Brown lived his life, then this book offers that inspiration to Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-3554963192293280322014-03-08T21:05:00.000-05:002014-03-08T21:05:09.853-05:00Vandermeer's list
Dear readers,
Here's a list Jeff Vandermeer posted on Ecstatic Days; I've simplified it to fit any book, though you should go by and see his new books from FSG Originals as well. Jeff isMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-68503500181970070812013-12-10T22:58:00.000-05:002013-12-10T22:58:16.093-05:00Marjorie Hudson's "Searching for Virginia Dare" (new edition)
Searching for Virginia Dare
PUBLISHER: PRESS 53
ISBN: 978-1-935708-87-2
PRICE: $17.95
PUB DATE: JUNE 30, 2013
DISTRIBUTION: INGRAM
NEW EDITION OF BOOK INCLUDES “NEW JOURNEYS, NEW EXPLORATIONS”
“An intertwined tale of obsession, loss, and hope—in part truth, myth, and fiction. Hudson proves that a very talented writer can pull off a multi-genre story.” — Clyde Edgerton, author Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-70623985610077598672013-05-22T22:39:00.002-04:002013-05-22T22:42:41.249-04:00Maryann Corbett, "Breath Control"
Maryann Corbett’s first collection is about control: both
metrical control and measure and the near-silence of emotional control required
of men and women at midlife, between the departures of children from home and
of aging parents from the world. The poems in this book make use of craft and
containment to tackle fears, confront memories, and celebrate beauty and
affection.
“Although everyMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-5561567855062198772013-04-29T15:13:00.000-04:002014-03-28T21:40:11.764-04:00Claudia Serea, Angels and Beasts<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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There is a fine intelligence at play here: the imagery is star-bright and startling in its originality.
Many poets, sadly, go unread, ignored even, but in Dick Jones’ case the exception should be
the rule: his writing is essential reading. Miss it not. -Wes Magee
All Phoenicia Publishing books are on sale
for national poetry month. See the small,
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Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-46142898780101455762013-04-06T14:54:00.000-04:002013-04-06T15:14:41.260-04:00Melanie McCabe, History of the Body
WordTech Communications, 2012
In her stunning first book History of the Body, Melanie McCabe explores the shared, often uneasy narratives of house and body. Brilliant admixtures of imaginative wildness and lyric control, her poems seem an inevitable part of the “industry of the heart and lungs”—and the collection as a whole, beautifully sequenced...”
--Claudia Emerson, author of&Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-66331810551978769492013-03-29T19:03:00.004-04:002013-03-29T19:03:59.548-04:00Lady Word of Mouth in retreatLady Word of Mouth is taking a break for Good Friday and Easter, so she leaves you with a poem appropriate to the season by a friend with a new book--more about that one later. She will be back next week with more new books. Here's "Stained Glass" by Dick Jones, already shared on facebook and twitter, but no doubt new to some:
Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-16673204500418414902013-03-24T22:18:00.001-04:002013-03-24T22:18:07.254-04:00Tiffany Trent, The Unnaturalists
Praise for THE UNNATURALISTS:
"Fast-paced, heart-wrenching, magical and fascinating." (Tamora Pierce, author of The Song of the Lioness quartet )
"Utterly ingenious! Tiffany Trent has more fine invention at her fingertips than a roomful of magical Leonardos!" (Ellen Kushner, World Fantasy Award-winning author )
“By St. Darwin and his Great Apes, The Unnaturalists is unnaturally good! Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-74116056272938860952013-03-19T08:21:00.000-04:002013-03-19T08:40:50.959-04:00Raymond L. Atkins, Camp Redemption
Mercer University Press, 2013
"Raymond L. Atkins once again reflects the South and all its beloved contradictions in his new novel Camp Redemption," says Ann Hite, author of the award winning Ghost on Black Mountain. "Beautifully crafted, his storytelling is an art form only found in the best Southern literature."
Travel to Sequoyah, Georgia, to meet Early and Ivey Willingham. Early is a Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255384574844579530.post-7596360441604486882013-03-16T10:04:00.003-04:002013-03-16T10:06:54.555-04:00Lady Word of Mouth at 2:00 a.m.Fly to the palace for some musings on the why of Lady Word of Mouth...Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com0