by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 22, 2010 | first novels, place |
The Wake of Forgiveness, the debut novel by Bruce Machart–officially out as of yesterday from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt–has a big storyteller narrator who knows how to describe sweeping panoramas and then move seamlessly in for a close-up. We follow an owl...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 28, 2010 | catching moments, life, novels, place, reading, the day, time |
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 | Jul 23, 2010 | novels, Pam Houston, stories |
I’m trying not to search for structure. I’m trying just to write. I wrote a few pages this morning. With the other things I’ve written, I’ve seen the structure from the very beginning. As I type these words, I realize: I’ve also seen the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 20, 2010 | first novels, mfa, reviews |
Robin Oliveira was a graduate assistant during my first residency at Vermont College. I met her only months before her first book would be published by Viking. Mary Sutter is a midwife, and what she wants is clearly stated in dialogue in the first chapter: “I want to...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 16, 2010 | novels |
I’ve never read Ulysses. I’ve wanted to. There it is on my to-be-read shelf. But the time has just never been right. However, there’s nothing like a passionate Irish voice to spur me forward. In this case, that of Frank Delaney. He loves this book....
