by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 30, 2010 | catching moments, Columbus GA, shapes |
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 23, 2010 | details, shapes |
In a 1984 Paris Review interview, the writer James Baldwin said the following: I remember standing on a street corner with the black painter Beauford Delaney down in the Village, waiting for the light to change, and he pointed down and said, “Look.” I looked and all I...
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...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 28, 2010 | journeys, place, shapes |
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 19, 2010 | craft of writing, shapes, stories, time |
15 stories in this slim volume from Amy Hempel published in 1985. Only 3 of the 15 written in third; the rest, in first. My clear favorite is the first-person story “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried.” It’s nicely developed and goes deeper...
