by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 24, 2010 | craft of writing, essays, mfa, stories |
Last Saturday I spent the day with Chekhov. I don’t know how many of you notice what I’m reading on the sidebar, but it seemed to me that I’d been reading this small old-fashioned-looking book–A Doctor’s Visit: Short Stories–for...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 22, 2010 | first novels, my writing, reviews, time |
The new issue of Contrary Magazine is online with my review of Susanna Daniel’s first novel, Stiltsville. Here’s the first paragraph of the review: A stilt house off the shore of Miami is a wondrous and fragile thing, built against all odds of survival. As...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 20, 2010 | details, essays, memory, reading |
In The New York Times “Sunday Book Review,” with a very cool cover by Maira Kalman, James Collins wrote the essay at the back, “The Plot Escapes Me,” on whether there’s a point to reading books when we can’t remember what’s in...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 16, 2010 | details, journeys, mfa, the day, time |
Transitions sometimes take my breath away. Despite the fact that on Sunday I got up at 5:30 am mountain time to ease myself back into eastern standard, seven am still feels like five am. Vacation to Life. Suitcase to drawers. Behind to behind-er. Last week in...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 11, 2010 | craft of writing, Pam Houston |
Well, it’s Saturday, the last day the ten of us will be together at Pam Houston’s ranch in Creede, Colorado. Lots of reading and little extra time. Our next meeting will be seven days instead of six. I’m up early to finish reading manuscripts. Two...
