by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 21, 2011 | essays, my writing, novels, poetry, reviews, stories |
Summer Contrary is online with new fiction, essays, and poetry, as well as reviews of these books : Poetry: Northerners by Seth Abramson Essays: Otherwise Known as the Human Condition by Geoff Dyer and A Journey with Two Maps by Eaven Boland Fiction: And Yet They Were...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 8, 2011 | catching moments, continuous life, essays, journeys, life, memory, mfa, my writing, place, time, truth |
As part of a series at Douglas Glover’s Numéro Cinq, my childhood…
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 18, 2010 | memory, my writing, the day |
I’m approaching this post as I do my writing these days: without a plan in mind, I just sit down in front of the keyboard and continue. Taking a break from the Christmas list, I wonder whether to write about the holidays, which reminds me of the first line of a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 22, 2010 | first novels, my writing, reviews, time |
The new issue of Contrary Magazine is online with my review of Susanna Daniel’s first novel, Stiltsville. Here’s the first paragraph of the review: A stilt house off the shore of Miami is a wondrous and fragile thing, built against all odds of survival. As...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 24, 2010 | catching moments, my writing, shapes |
I’ve always wanted to like yoga. I tried Pilates–for two years. I wanted to be more connected to my body. Surely this would make me a better writer. Today I’m going to CORE, a studio in the recently renovated and very cool White Provisions Building...
