by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 8, 2011 | catching moments, craft of writing, mfa, Pam Houston, the day |
Get ready for some name-dropping rock star highlights from awp 2011 in Washington DC: running into Josh Ritter in the bar Wednesday night…ricotta pancakes with sour cherries Thursday morning…sitting behind Jennifer Egan on Saturday and hearing her read...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 30, 2011 | accumulation, mfa, shapes, the day |
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...
