by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 11, 2011 | catching moments, details, life, truth |
Dear Los Angeles Times, Regarding your headlines* today on the National Book Critics Circle Awards, the photo you posted is not Jennifer Egan. In addition, I would also like to point out that you mention the name of Mr. Franzen’s novel, the one that didn’t...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 14, 2010 | accumulation, life, the day, time |
As a perfect follow-up to the photos I posted on Sunday, a friend gave me an early holiday gift today that now hangs on the door to my study: At this time of year, when the demands/desires of the holiday season are heaped on top of our already overflowing lives, all...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 12, 2010 | accumulation, details, life, the day, time |
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 8, 2010 | Columbus GA, essays, life, mfa, place |
I wrote a guest post for Doug Glover’s blog, Numéro Cinq, in the series he’s doing on what it’s like to live in various places. Here’s the first paragraph: In Columbus, Georgia, the seasons change, but they take their sweet time about it. First...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 27, 2010 | life, memoir |
Julian Barnes wrote Nothing To Be Frightened Of, a memoir about death, “in order to make the fear familiar.” I’m not sure he succeeds, but he does write with a compelling “matter-of-factness” about the subject: I suspect that if I get any...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 26, 2010 | accumulation, life, mfa, the day |
Yesterday started off rainy and ended with beautiful fall blue skies. And yesterday I started the day with two packets to turn in for this semester and ended the day with only one remaining. Today it’s very coppery and auburn outside. No rain but no blue...
