by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 7, 2008 | catching moments, reading |
“Island living has been a lens through which to examine my own life…I must keep my lens when I go back… I must remember to see with island eyes. The shells will remind me; they must be my island eyes.” Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 5, 2008 | memoir |
“Wordstruck is exactly what I was– and still am: crazy about the sound of words, the look of words, the taste of words, the feeling of words on the tongue and in the mind.” Robert MacNeil from his 1989 memoir, Wordstruck* Robert MacNeil’s...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 3, 2008 | Columbus GA |
What often stands out to me in Richard Russo’s writing is the dialogue. Which makes sense as he is also a screenwriter. Here is a short piece of dialogue from The Bridge of Sighs. “Mom says you’re writing your life story up there.” “Nothing...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 2, 2008 | time |
“Here she is with another hour before her.” The Hours, Michael Cunningham One of the reasons I love reading this novel is the way the author intertwines the lives of the three women with recurring words and images–steps forward, cold water, failure,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 31, 2008 | reviews |
“The weather was unusually warm for the last day of October. We didn’t even need jackets. The wind was growing stronger, and Jem said it might be raining before we got home. There was no moon.” To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee I read it in...
