The interview Tanya Chernov conducted with me about Wolf Skin is now up, over at her blog. Below is an excerpt from the beginning: TC: Let’s talk about that fantastic title! At what point in the process of composition did you nail it down and know you had the title of your manuscript? What does it represent for you?…
Author: Mary McMyne
Fairy Tale Book Giveaway
One lucky winner will receive these six autographed, collectible, fairy-tale-inspired books. The Chronicle of Secret Riven, Ronlyn Domingue’s original, epic, fairy-tale-inspired novel. Wolf Skin, Mary McMyne’s vintage-inspired, Brothers Grimm-retelling poetry chapbook. Faery Tale, Signe Pike’s moving and elegant memoir exploring international fairy folklore. Darling Hands, Darling Tongue, Sally R. Kindred’s Peter Pan-inspired poetry chapbook. The Fairest of…
Mutations of Otherness at Woman Made Gallery
Sunday, I had the pleasure of reading with five other woman poets at the Woman Made Gallery in Chicago–I’m so grateful to Nina Corwin and the Gallery for organizing this reading in this amazing space. It was a wonderful experience to listen to and read with these other inspiring poets! I had never been to the…
Back from Germany
I had an amazing time in Germany, researching medieval Konstanz and Freiburg, exploring city museums, hiking the Black Forest, and visiting Hildegard of Bingen’s abbey. ‘The Book of Gothel’, my novel-in-progress, is annotated to bits. Below is a gallery of some of what I saw while I was there! I have to thank the wonderful Sustainable Arts Foundation for the grant that enabled this…
The Burden of Light Now Available on Kindle
The Burden of Light: Poems on Illness and Loss (edited by Tanya Chernov) is now available on Kindle! The first of its kind, this multimedia anthology weaves together many solitary experiences to create a tapestry of inspiration, support, and hope. In it, you can read my poem, “Irène Joliot-Curie,” watch a short video introduction about my…
Wolf Skin Release
My poetry chapbook, Wolf Skin, has just been released by dancing girl press! Wolf Skin follows a modern woman whose mother told her dark fairy tales when she was a girl. Many of the poems in the collection retell the tales of the Brothers Grimm from the perspectives of minor characters, such as the huntsman from Little Red…
New Review: Small Chimes by Julie Brooks Barbour
I just finished Small Chimes by Julie Brooks Barbour (Aldrich Press, 2014). What a pleasure: it’s that rare sort of poetry collection you can pick up and read straight through, cover to cover. There’s a narrative, a momentum that pulls you through. I started and couldn’t stop. Here is small town life, family life, in all…
June 1 Reading in Chicago
I’ll be reading from Wolf Skin in Chicago on June 1 from 1:30-3:30 pm at the Woman Made Gallery Literary Series on the theme of “The Other,” as part of the group art show that is ongoing through June 26. Fellow Dancing Girl Press poet, Janeen Rastall, whose work is wonderful, will also be reading, and I’m a…