Photos from Marly Youmans' North Carolina book tour

Marly had a wonderful Carolina book tour in late August, frolicking with painters and poets, novelists and composers along the way. In the photo above, at Malaprop's Books in Asheville, NC, Marly laughs and talks with her favorite teacher from high school, to whom Marly's novel "Catherwood" was dedicated. She read with debut novelist Nathan Ballingrud. (Photograph by Paul Digby, who came with his wife Lynn all the way from Ohio to hear Marly read!)

Marly Youmans with poet Jeffery Beam after a poetry reading at Flyleaf (Airport Road bookshop in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.) Marly also read poetry and fiction at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, McIntyre's in Fearrington/Pittsboro, and Malaprop's in Asheville. Her readings featured poetry from her most recent books, Thaliad (Phoenicia) and The Foliate Head (Stanza:UK).