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How We Spend Our Days: Dani Shapiro

How We Spend Our Days: Dani Shapiro

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 1, 2009 | Dani Shapiro, How We Spend Our Days | 15 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 DANI SHAPIRO: A I awake as I...
from rome

from rome

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 22, 2009 | catching moments, Dani Shapiro, journeys, place | 0 comments

“Travel brings out my need for order.”  Picturing the Wreck by Dani Shapiro Boarding passes, passports, confirmations.   Scarves, coats, coffees, carry-ons.  Phones, laptops, ipods, kindles. Chargers, adapters, converters. And then there are the liquids...
family history

family history

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 30, 2008 | craft of writing, Dani Shapiro, details | 1 comment

Dani Shapiro is one of my all-time favorite writers.  She knows how to tell a story–how to slowly release details in order to build tension and lure the reader forward. The first book of hers I read was Family History, published in 2003, but which I did not...

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