ABOUT THE BOOK
From Marly Youmans, author of the epic poem Thaliad (Phoenicia, 2012) comes the story of the mysterious Red King, the metamorphosing Fool, and the ethereal Precious Wentletrap, told in a series of connected poems of rare beauty. Whether read as fantasy, symbolic story, or simply poetry, the world Marly has created is a spellbinding place where we can glimpse truths about our own lives, and the world. The Book of the Red King is illustrated with drawings by the acclaimed Welsh artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Marly Youmans is the author of seven novels: LITTLE JORDAN (David R. Godine, Publisher, 1995); CATHERWOOD (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996); THE WOLF PIT (FSG, 2001, The Michael Shaara Award); and VAL/ORSON (UK: P. S. Publishing, 2009); A DEATH AT THE WHITE CAMELLIA ORPHANAGE (Mercer University Press, 2012, The Ferrol Sams Award for Fiction); GLIMMERGLASS (Mercer, 2014); and MAZE OF BLOOD (Mercer, 2015.) In addition, she has published two Appalachian fantasies for young adults, THE CURSE OF THE RAVEN MOCKER (FSG, 2003) and INGLEDOVE (FSG, 2005). Her poetry collections are: THALIAD, an epic adventure in verse from Phoenicia Publishing of Montreal, 2012; THE FOLIATE HEAD, from Stanza Press (UK, 2012); THE THRONE OF PSYCHE (Mercer University Press, 2011); and CLAIRE( Louisiana State University, 2003). She is a native of the Carolinas currently living in a snowbank in Cooperstown, New York.