by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 8, 2012 | about the current writer |
In The Writing Life, Annie Dillard wrote, 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...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 1, 2012 | 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 Michael Martone: It takes a whole day, thirteen,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 27, 2012 | craft of writing, details, novels |
Ann Patchett State of Wonder Harper hardback 2011 . On beginnings: “The news of Anders Eckman’s death came by way of Aerogram, a piece of bright blue airmail paper that served as both the stationery and, when folded over and sealed along the edges, the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 24, 2012 | details, journeys, place, provincetown |
I left my house in Columbus, Georgia at 5:15 am and arrived at the Days’ Cottages at 12:15–7 hours door to door. I flew into Boston, a rented convertible waiting for me, but the forecast was for wind, rain, and cold–all six days. And it was pouring...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 21, 2012 | novels, reading |
I bought May Sarton’s THE EDUCATION OF HARRIET HATFIELD at Black Sheep Books in Montpelier, VT. I chose this book because I love May Sarton’s writing but had never read any of her fiction. Writing this post, I discovered that this volunteer-run community...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 18, 2012 | catching moments, provincetown |
I don’t keep (as in maintain) a journal. I do have a journal–actually I have lots of gorgeous journals (all blank)–but I do keep (as in hold in a given place) a journal in my purse and occasionally I write things in it. What I find that I do more...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 13, 2012 | catching moments, place, the day |
For the last three weeks, I’ve been traveling…
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 8, 2012 | about the current writer |
Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, a guest writer shares how he or she spends the day. July 1, 2012: Michael Martone I met Michael at AWP this year. I had read his fiction and nonfiction in...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 1, 2012 | 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 Sybil Baker: Spring semester has ended, and my...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 25, 2012 | reading |
I am reading again, really reading–as in one book after the other. Novels that have been waiting in my stack for years. And I am creating spaces in my tower of books. If you read my last post, you know that I am discarding as well. I believe I tossed two books...
