by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 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 Cornelius Eady: As I was taking the bus into...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 30, 2011 | accumulation, mfa, shapes, the day |
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 25, 2011 | poetry, provincetown |
I first heard of the poet Cornelius Eady on Monday, June 18, 2007, at the Fine Arts Center in Provincetown. It was the first day of a fiction workshop with Pam Houston. We were upstairs, sitting around a table, and Pam opened the workshop by reading us a poem…...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 20, 2011 | catching moments, craft of writing, details, journeys, mfa |
Already the third of five has come and gone… Time’s a goon, right? Wednesday, December 29, 2010: As usual, the 3:oo general meeting kicks the residency off. At 3:15 we each meet with our class. This is my critical thesis semester–5000 words. (And the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 14, 2011 | catching moments, craft of writing, mfa |
Miciah Bay Gault, Managing Editor of Hunger Mountain, was inspired by a note George Saunders wrote on one of her stories to discover what was “unique and iconic” to her. In her engaging Editor’s Note to Hunger Mountain 15, she describes Ray...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 10, 2011 | craft of writing, essays, mfa, obsession, place |
Friday night I settled into my bed at The Whetstone Inn with the latest issue of Hunger Mountain. I wanted to read Robin MacArthur’s essay, “Abandoned Landscapes.” Robin lives in Marlboro only minutes from where I was at the moment. What fun to read...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 8, 2011 | journeys, mfa, the day |
So for the last ten days, I’ve been in Montpelier, Vermont, at my third residency at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. More about those ten days later. Yesterday evening around five, Jodi, Jenna, and I left Montpelier in the middle of a snow storm–the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 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 Jean Thompson: I get up when my dogs get up. I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 28, 2010 | first novels, my writing, reviews |
The Winter issue of Contrary is live, and there’s lots to celebrate. First, Writer’s Digest voted Contrary one of the 50 Best Online Literary Markets. Second, my story, “The Empty Armchair,” published in the Autumn 2009 issue, was one of the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 23, 2010 | the day |
“It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes or bags!” “And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before!” “Maybe Christmas,” he...
