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 | 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...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 14, 2019 | acknowledgments, Tidal Flats |
I love seeing the world through Paul’s eyes. How emotions are not simple but can be opposing, like these in The Burning House that add depth and complexity to the descriptions. Joan lay on the couch with an arm thrown over her face, a posture both carefree and...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 8, 2019 | acknowledgments |
I loved Robin Black’s story collection, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This, but I fell hard for her debut novel, Life Drawing. Really, how could I not adore the story of a marriage between a painter and a writer written with lots of interiority and lots of...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 6, 2019 | acknowledgments |
Here’s how long I’ve been writing. Anyone else remember the old manuscript boxes? I would print out whatever novel was ready to go and carefully lay it in the manuscript box with a letter on top, then drive to the FedEx office, where this tall guy with red...
