by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 22, 2009 | craft of writing, Dani Shapiro, reviews, time |
Starting with the prologue, in which the narrator calls on the spirit of Vladimir Nabokov, time is everywhere present in Dani Shapiro’s Fugitive Blue. I read the novel in January of last year so time is playing with me and my memory as well. “Nabokov did...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 20, 2009 | essays, reading, the day |
Sunrise Miami Beach. The dawning of a new day. On the front page of yesterday’s New York Times was the headline, “From Books, New President Found Voice.” In case you missed it, here are some of the highlights. Michiko Kakutani wrote that Mr....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 18, 2009 | reading |
Well, you can only read one book at a time, right? Maybe not. There’s the book I’m reading. That for me is the one I take to bed at night. The one I read after dinner. It’s the book I want to read just because I do–for fun. Right now that...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 14, 2009 | reviews |
One of my favorite things about William Faulkner’s Light in August is the language. His use of repetition is soft and alluring and draws the reader in. “He stepped from the dark porch, into the moonlight, and with his bloody head and his empty stomach...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 13, 2009 | poetry |
I spent any free minute I had yesterday looking for a poem to go along with this picture. This morning, when I found the poem, I knew I’d been looking for the wrong thing. It was a poem to go along with how I was feeling that I’d wanted. Perhaps the...
