Background
Stablein, Marilyn Estelle was born on August 22, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Paul Justus and Thelma Rachel (Hogevoll) Zulch.
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"The author’s eye is wide open, and her writing is fresh, funny, and exhilarating."—Peter Matthiessen "Marilyn Stablein’s wry voice tells how it was, calmly and clearly, unadorned. . . . whether on the ground with sadhus and chapatis or in the sky with diamonds, these wry prose poems evoke a last epiphany of the best of East and West."—Keith Dowman, author of The Power Places of Tibet In 1965, Stablein drops out of Berkeley and travels to India and Nepal with her lover. Their brief getaway turns into a seven-year stay. "There are times when I ask myself," Stablein writes, "What am I am doing here? My answer: to paint, to study a culture; to uncover its secrets; to listen to the whisperings, the sacred oral traditions; to learn by heart the names and faces of deities so I can capture their images on paper and strive to imbue each image with the greatness of its namesake, its spiritual essence. Art is my muse and practice. The world is my palette, artists my teachers; art lives and breathes in the people I meet." In the heyday of the ’60s Stablein encounters luminaries of the American counterculture like Ram Dass whom she accompanies to interview HH, the Dalai Lama, on the spiritual value of LSD. Later, when the Indian police come to arrest Stablein for having an expired visa, Kalu Rinpoche quips "The Buddha never had visas," and orders her to hide in a closet next to his tantric human bone costumes. Includes photos and recipes. Marilyn Stablein, writer, artist, and performer, is the author of seven books and a frequent performer of her work. Her art has been widely exhibited. She lives in the Hudson Valley and co-directs, with her husband, Alternative Books and The Uptown: A Performance Space in Kingston, NY.
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Poetry. "With this collection of poems, Stablein has arrived at the place on her long journey through the dust of Asia, Africa, and the Americas where the earth suddenly firms up, the body crashes, and a hard ground must be split. In her previous writing she guided us to the burning ghats, to observe the offerings of others. Now this poet of power and compassion moves us to that holy ground again. Carrying the spirit of her son on her back, she makes an offering for us all"—Pierre Delattre.
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In her first collection of essays since her award-winning book "The Census Taker", Marilyn Stablein takes us on a personal journey of cataclysm and terrain.
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Stablein, Marilyn Estelle was born on August 22, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Paul Justus and Thelma Rachel (Hogevoll) Zulch.
Bachelor in Creative Writing magna cum laude, University Washington, 1981. Master of Arts in Creative Writing, University Houston, 1984.
Instructor English, University Houston, 1982-1984. Instructor writing University Washington Extension, Seattle, 1985-1987. Book lecturer North Seattle Community College, 1988.
Freelance writer, reviewer Fessenden Review, San Francisco Chronicle, 1990-1992. Freelance genealogy editor, California, 1990-1998. Co-owner Alternative Books, Kingston, New York, 1996—2004, Acequia Booksellers, Albuquerque, since 2004.
Founding director Literature Center, Seattle, 1985-1991. Founding public Wash 'n Press, Seattle, since 1982, Reservoir Press, since 1997. Freelance book reviewer Seattle Times, 1985-1990.
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Director literature arts Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, 1980-1985. Organizer literature arts Himalaya Fair Festival, Berkeley, California, 1993. Coordinator India exhibit Pacific Science Center, Seattle, 1987.
Arts programmer Auburn (Washington) Arts Commission, 1988-1990. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Poets and Writers, National Writers Union, Woodstock Artist Association (board director 1996-2002), Art Society Kingston, Tivoli Artist Cooperative, Hudson Valley Publication Network (founding member 1999), Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa., International Society Layerists in Multimedia, Libros: Book Workers Guild, Santa Fe Book Arts Group.
Married William G. Stablein, January 22, 1971 (divorced February 1993). Children: William Paul, Sunita Ann. Married Gary Wilkie, June 24, 1995.