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acknowledgment: pam houston

acknowledgment: pam houston

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 4, 2019 | acknowledgments | 6 comments

The reason I went to Provincetown for the first time, in the summer of 2006, was to take a class from Pam Houston. I owe her for the rest of my life for that alone. Over that winter she read the novel I was working on, my first novel. In 2007, I went back to take her...
the last day

the last day

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 11, 2010 | craft of writing, Pam Houston | 22 comments

Well, it’s Saturday, the last day the ten of us will be together at Pam Houston’s ranch in Creede, Colorado. Lots of reading and little extra time. Our next meeting will be seven days instead of six. I’m up early to finish reading manuscripts. Two...

writing group week

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 8, 2010 | catching moments, Pam Houston, the day | 13 comments

How We Spend Our Days: Pam Houston

How We Spend Our Days: Pam Houston

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 1, 2009 | How We Spend Our Days, Pam Houston | 22 comments

Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, beginning today, Catching Days will host a guest writer. To inaugurate this monthly series, “How We Spend Our Days,” please welcome...
row houses

row houses

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 6, 2009 | Columbus GA, essays, obsession, Pam Houston, provincetown, shapes, truth | 2 comments

When Georgia Heard was asked what one image she thought represented her life, she answered “layers,” clarifying “as in the Grand Canyon.”  I would have to say houses, as in rows of identical ones. Georgia Heard wrote in Writing Toward Home,...

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