I write things. Occasionally they get published.
Also occasionally on other sites, including marikness.wordpress.com, https://medium.com/@marikness, https://www.patreon.com/mari_ness. Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/mari_ness
Mari Ness, writer of things
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Avec moi le déluge!
“But
you try facing eternity
with thunder, with knowing
that sound will never end, with
knowing how swiftly
things catch fire.”
—love the poem, Mari!
The sound of meowing 🐾
in 3 days, june 14, we get a headstart on juneteenth celebrations with The Black Fantastic, an online reading of spec poetry. 7pm via zoom.
register at springwrites.com
Years back, I saw a book with a dragon on the cover. Of course - of course - I had to read it. This turned out to be DRAGON'S BLOOD, whose protagonist STOLE A BABY DRAGON.
I was absolutely enthralled.
Years later, I encountered her reworked fairy tales. Seeing what she could and did do with that form was a revelation to me.
It's safe to say that I would not have spent so much time on my own reworked and original fairy tales without her examples.
And of course, Yolen continued to work in speculative poetry throughout her life, helping to keep the field alive and burning.
Her memory IS a blessing.
Our Kickstarter has been running for a little over a week now. SO MANY THANKS to EVERYONE who has BACKED and SHARED so far! We still NEED YOUR HELP. If you haven't backed yet consider pledging. If you can't pledge, PLEASE SHARE! www.kickstarter.com/projects/902...
....or if you're looking for a few words to read before bed.
Me with Jane Yolen at Boskone in 2012, hand-delivering to her the first copy of her poetry collection THE LAST SELCHIE CHILD, which I published with A Midsummer Night's Press.
I started the press in 1991, when I had access to a letterpress as an undergrad, & published broadsides by her.
