by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 11, 2011 | journeys, mfa, the day |
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 9, 2011 | details, journeys, mfa, place, shapes |
where I started each of the eleven days… and where I returned each of the eleven nights…
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 8, 2011 | accumulation, Columbus GA, journeys, mfa, the day |
Yesterday, I drove from Montpelier to Boston, flew from Boston to Atlanta, drove from Atlanta to Columbus, where I pulled into the driveway about 6:15 last night. I had big plans for today, but I’m just drifting from one thing to another, not getting anything...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 1, 2011 | 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 Robert Boyers: Do most people have typical days? I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 28, 2011 | obsession, the day |
and I should turn off the light, but I wanted to share these photos from today:
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 26, 2011 | craft of writing, journeys, life, mfa |
I am at this minute high in the sky on my way to Vermont for my fourth residency, about to begin my last semester at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. How fast the time has gone. And I have loved every second of it–the residencies, the packets, the advisers, the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 23, 2011 | novels, reading |
“When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 17, 2011 | craft of writing, essays, life, mfa, poetry, reviews, stories |
For the last couple of months at Hunger Mountain, Claire Guyton, former Art +Life editor, and I have been working together to expand that section of the journal into The Writing Life. Here’s what’s up and coming at THE WRITING LIFE: 1) ANOTHER LOOSE SALLY...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 8, 2011 | craft of writing, memoir |
The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch. Wow. Some book. One reviewer admits to considering throwing it across the room. It’s a memoir, and the writing is uneven. But that fits the life it mirrors. Like the story out of which it grew, it’s About...
