by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 31, 2014 | reading |
Romeo & Juliet was possibly the first Shakespeare play I ever came into contact with. In Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 Romeo & Juliet. I would have been eleven. And Romeo was also probably the first naked man I ever saw. I just re-watched this movie on...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 29, 2014 | catching moments |
I knew Shakespeare was born in April, but on his birthday, I was focused on revising my novel… I’m really good at focusing–that’s how I made it through law school despite having a baby my first year. I’m really good at shutting everything...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 25, 2014 | reading |
The First Folio was the publication in 1623 of 36 of Shakespeare’s plays, which were divided into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies. (Not included were Pericles and The Two Noble Kinsmen.) The Two Gentlemen of Verona is classified as a comedy....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 18, 2013 | craft of writing, details, reading |
For a long, long time, I’ve wanted to read all of Shakespeare’s plays–all 38. In June I was re-reading one of my favorite books, The Writing Life, by Ellen Gilchrist. And in it, there’s a chapter about “The Shakespeare Group.” Ellen...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 9, 2013 | Pam Houston, provincetown, reading, the day |
Hey to all the new readers and followers who found Catching Days by way of Freshly Pressed! Thanks for your comments and your likes. I hope each of you will be back. And a big thank you to Freshly Pressed for highlighting Nichole Bernier’s post in the How We...
