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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...
wxw: tomales bay 2014

wxw: tomales bay 2014

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 15, 2014 | craft of writing, Pam Houston, reading, Writing by Writers | 8 comments

Just a few weeks ago I was driving out of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge while debating with Andre Dubus III and Kwame Dawes the pros and cons of this age of connectivity in which we live. What a great way to kick off this year’s Writing by Writers...
How We Spend Our Days: Fenton Johnson

How We Spend Our Days: Fenton Johnson

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 1, 2014 | How We Spend Our Days | 9 comments

Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, Catching Days hosts a guest writer in the series, “How We Spend Our Days.” Today, please welcome writer Fenton Johnson. Cynthia’s blog charged me with...
wxw: tomales bay

wxw: tomales bay

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 8, 2013 | craft of writing, Pam Houston, place, Writing by Writers | 8 comments

Five amazing days–October 16-20–at the Marconi Center in Tomales Bay for Writing By Writers’ first conference with Dorothy Allison, Ron Carlson, Pam Houston, Fenton Johnson (Fenton the Human), Antonya Nelson, and Carl Phillips. Morning workshops....
brattleboro literary festival: after

brattleboro literary festival: after

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 14, 2013 | catching moments, craft of writing, journeys, Pam Houston, place, reading | 14 comments

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...
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