by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 28, 2010 | craft of writing, reading |
On my second read of The Maytrees in four weeks, I’m slowly ingesting the writing. Here are six things I learned, or was reminded of, by reading Annie Dillard [spoiler alert]: 1) To add telling to showing with an unexpected sentence: “Their...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 27, 2010 | Columbus GA, mfa, the day |
So this morning, at the suggestion of a reader, I took myself outside before I did anything else. Up and out my driveway for a walk–to wake the mind and the body at the same time. Seventy-four degrees in Columbus, Georgia, with a light breeze. Wonderful in the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 22, 2010 | reading |
Well I’m going to momentarily halt my attempt to reduce the number of books in my to-be-read piles and reread The Maytrees. Because I want to, she sings from the rooftops. In the comments to my first post on the novel, I admitted that when I began reading it, I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 18, 2010 | catching moments, Dani Shapiro, the day |
I was going to write a bit more about The Maytrees, but yesterday I read a post by Alexander Chee in which he wrote about, in addition to many other wonderful things including the connection between novels and the news, his pre-writing rituals and the need to adapt....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 14, 2010 | novels, provincetown |
Annie Dillard published her most recent book, The Maytrees, a novel, in 2007. The cover of the paperback has recessed letters that I can feel with my eyes closed and uneven pages that make me think the book was created by a real person. It’s interesting, I...
