Catherynne M Valente

[thesibylqueen.livejournal.com]

The following are a set of icons inspired by Catherynne M Valente's prose poem entitled Z (found in her book Apocrypha). It is a surreal, horrifying, vivid journey -- following the alphabet, but not exactly. It's hard to describe. But its wonderful and I highly recommend it. The following icons (12 in total) come from parts A-G (except for the two fandom icons). Please credit me, and I'd love to know what you take!

Preview:
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x-posted to cmvalente

Comments

[lillithj.livejournal.com]

Oooh! I love these! I'm adding to my memories and will credit profusely when I use them.

Thanks!

[thesibylqueen.livejournal.com]

thank you -- its my first real attempt at icon making, and I'm quite pleased myself! :)

[bkwyrm.livejournal.com]

Well, I didn't take any of the icons, but was intrigued enough to order the book containing Z. Does that count? ;)

[thesibylqueen.livejournal.com]

Very cool!! I'll edit my entry to include the volume title -- that's so excellent. Share what you think -- there's a quiet but passionate community devoted to CMV at cmvalente and she's a very funny writer here on LJ, yuki_onna.

[bkwyrm.livejournal.com]

She sounds like a fascinating writer - have you ever heard of Frank Bidart? His book "The Second Hour of the Night" has a similar "sound" to the poetry of CMV that I was able to Google.
Hello, I am a researcher with too much time on my hands. *waves*