by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 4, 2019 | acknowledgments |
The reason I went to Provincetown for the first time, in the summer of 2006, was to take a class from Pam Houston. I owe her for the rest of my life for that alone. Over that winter she read the novel I was working on, my first novel. In 2007, I went back to take her... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 1, 2019 | How We Spend Our Days |
Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, Catching Days hosts a guest writer in the series, “How We Spend Our Days.” Today, please welcome writer SION DAYSON. I’m not sure whether it’s the heat of... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 27, 2019 | about the current writer, first novels, novels |
I have been looking into schedules. Even when we read physics, we inquire of each least particle, What then shall I do this morning? How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 20, 2019 | acknowledgments |
Rebecca Makkai has many claims to fame. First of all, her sense of humor. Outstanding. Second, she’s had 4 short stories anthologized in The Best American Short Stories. FOUR. In 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Third, The Great Believers. If you haven’t read... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 19, 2019 | acknowledgments, Tidal Flats |
In Tidal Flats, Cass’s father loved his leather-bound edition of Rumi’s poems, Rumi who was born in Afghanistan. Instead of bedtime stories, he read to Cass from Rumi. And Cass would lie in her closet underneath her dresses and think about elephants...