by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 3, 2015 | 1 true thing, place, poetry, provincetown |
I was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. I went to college in Davidson, North Carolina, and then lived for a year in France. I went to law school in Athens, Georgia, worked for two years in Atlanta, then got married, and agreed to move...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 23, 2014 | about the current writer, craft of writing, poetry, stories |
In The Writing Life, Annie Dillard wrote, 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...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 16, 2013 | craft of writing, memoir, Pam Houston, poetry, reading, Writing by Writers |
Some of my favorite writers will be teaching workshops this coming October at Tomales Bay–Pam Houston, Ron Carlson, Antonya Nelson, Cheryl Strayed, Fenton Johnson, and Carl Phillips. Writing By Writers is hosting six workshops October 16-20, 2013 at the Marconi...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 8, 2013 | about the current writer, How We Spend Our Days, place, poetry |
In The Writing Life, Annie Dillard wrote, 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...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 9, 2011 | catching moments, Columbus GA, poetry |
A week ago, I was so struck, as I came up over a hill, to actually be able to see the end of the storm–see it in the sky. At its source. Rather than notice the rain had stopped or it was getting lighter outside. Sometimes it’s easy to see the endings of...
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...
