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the next writer in the series: may 1, 2018

the next writer in the series: may 1, 2018

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 27, 2018 | about the current writer, Dani Shapiro | 0 comments

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 that one, is what we are doing. A schedule...
2010: I turn 53

2010: I turn 53

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 25, 2017 | 60 to 60, Columbus GA, continuous life, Dani Shapiro, life, marriage, memory, mfa, my writing, Pam Houston | 6 comments

2010: The new year begins in the deep snow of Vermont. I stay in the dorm, wear my first pair of snow boots, and vow not to waste any more years writing novels that don’t sell. I will go shorter. And I start something new that has hold of me rather than the...
2009: I turn 52

2009: I turn 52

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 24, 2017 | 60 to 60, Columbus GA, continuous life, Dani Shapiro, life, marriage, memory, mfa, Pam Houston, provincetown, time, truth | 2 comments

2009: Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President. After a visit to Bobby in Scotland, Cal comes with me to Sirenland. It’s the only writing conference I know that is spouse friendly. In Italy we make a daily habit of climbing all those steps and then...
2008: I turn 51

2008: I turn 51

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 23, 2017 | 60 to 60, Columbus GA, continuous life, Dani Shapiro, life, marriage, memory, Pam Houston, reading, time, truth | 5 comments

As you might guess from the length of yesterday’s and today’s posts–the squares turning into rectangles–writing these short is getting more difficult. The years feel unwieldy now rather than obscure. I’m working to contain rather than to...
2005: I turn 48

2005: I turn 48

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 20, 2017 | 60 to 60, Columbus GA, continuous life, Dani Shapiro, life, marriage, memory, reading, time, truth | 5 comments

2005: In January I attend the San Diego State Agent Conference. Ten minutes with each agent. Speed dating. Bobby’s a junior and thinks he wants to go to the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. We plan a visit for spring break–all of us except Kathleen,...
still writing

still writing

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 13, 2014 | craft of writing, Dani Shapiro, memoir, the day | 23 comments

Still Writing is Dani Shapiro’s most recent book, a book she described at AWP as a “love letter to her tribe,” a book I might have bought just for its cover, a book that’s part inspiration, part memoir, part meditation, part craft. But to me,...
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