by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 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 Robin Oliveira: I have let myself sleep in past...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 30, 2011 | craft of writing, mfa, poetry |
In 1999, my first writing workshop: Napa Valley Writers’ Conference. Yes, in the Napa Valley. St. Helena. Mark Doty was there. David Lehman. Jane Hirshfield. Richard Bausch. (I always get him and his brother confused, never remembering which one it is I met....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 24, 2011 | essays, stories |
If you haven’t visited the Harvard Book Store, take a minute and pop over there. Watch the shutters open and the store come to life. See what books fill their front windows. Click for a close-up; double click to look inside a book. With your mouse, you can zoom...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 18, 2011 | poetry, shapes, stories |
Inch. Do you know this tiny journal? I discovered it at AWP. Small. Gray. Thin. Tiny poems. Tiny fiction. A single issue costs $1. Bull City Press publishes 4 issues a year. Ross White is the Editor, and guess what? Robin Black is the Fiction Editor. I didn’t...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 12, 2011 | catching moments, obsession, shapes |
Although I love the way Catching Days looks on the computer, I love love love the way it looks on an iPad. If you have one (or the next time you see somebody using one, borrow it for a second), take a look. It’s kind of weird that the blog looks different...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 8, 2011 | novels, reviews |
So, David Shields’ manifesto Reality Hunger. Structure: 618 short sections grouped into 26 chapters. Subject: our hunger for the real as opposed to the invented. Shields makes some strong points and shares some controversial ideas, most of which, in the real...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 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 Kim Wright: Saturday morning. Like a lot of writers,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 26, 2011 | catching moments, life, obsession, place, the day, time |
After seeing my photos of the ocean, a friend wrote that she could tell the ocean pulls me and grounds me at the same time. What an amazing thing to know from a photo. Seven days the first week of April–spring break–in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, in a house...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 23, 2011 | journeys, life, obsession, place, the day, time |
It’s so quiet now, without the waves pounding in the background. The first week in April we had our own wonderful steps to the beach. I went to the grocery before I left, and after I arrived on Friday, the first, I did not set foot in a car until we pulled out...
