by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 14, 2013 | catching moments, craft of writing, journeys, Pam Houston, place, reading |
More than 50 authors were loose on the streets of Brattleboro, Vermont, for the fun and successful Brattleboro Literary Festival! The Literary Death Match was hilarious–Adrian Todd Zuniga as host. Roxana Robinson read against Rigoberto Gonzales , while Pam...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 22, 2013 | first novels, place, reviews |
In Glaciers, the debut novel by Alexis M. Smith, published in 2012 by Tin House Books, Isabel repairs damaged books at the library, specializing in preservation and conservation. “She loves the smell of old things.” She collects postcards. She likes to...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 10, 2013 | about the current writer, catching moments, first novels, How We Spend Our Days |
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...