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About yarnspinnerpress

Story teller, retired journalist, author, folksinger, folklorist, gardener.

Elder Mountain Press, and what comes next? (via Yarnspinner Press)

Sorting through some things. -m I'd originally composed this blog as a requiem for a publishing effort I thought had died with one of the creators of Elder Mountain Press. In fact, I bequeathed the name "Elder Mountain" to the … Continue reading

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Light in the Attic said they’re shipping CDs to me on Oct. 13!

WOOHOO!! Yes, the big woohoo! is finally here, or just about. Light in the Attic, the record label for the Winter’s Bone soundtrack CD, said they’re shipping CDs to me on Oct. 13 —Finally! The production and manufacture of this … Continue reading

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KBIA Interview

Check out the KBIA interview with Marideth!

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Citizen Jane Film Festival

Check out the Citizen Jane Film Festival or visit the CJFF blog. “Citizen Jane Film Festival 2010 Opening Film is “Tiny Furniture”, written and directed by 23-year old Lena Dunham and showing Friday night, October 15th at the Missouri Theater. Passes … Continue reading

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The Longest Night, an excerpt from my book, “These Ozark Hills”

You know, Ever since we first began to walk on our hind legs, humans have pondered the behavior of this strange wobbly planet that wanders its tipsy way across space. Rolling and weaving like a top, it gives us summer … Continue reading

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From Uncut

“The world described by Winter’s Bone is a place of woe, where when things aren’t bad they’re worse. It’s remote, inhospitable, out there on the very edge of things, impoverished, populated by brooding malcontents, linked by blood, suspicion and ill-feeling and otherwise … Continue reading

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Comment via E mail

I just love this; getting comments about Winter’s Bone in my E mail box. Hello Marideth The film just arrived at our local cinema in the South of England, and (I) saw it with my wife as an anniversary present to … Continue reading

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