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acknowledgment: books

acknowledgment: books

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 19, 2019 | acknowledgments, Tidal Flats | 2 comments

In Tidal Flats, Cass’s father loved his leather-bound edition of Rumi’s poems, Rumi who was born in Afghanistan. Instead of bedtime stories, he read to Cass from Rumi. And Cass would lie in her closet underneath her dresses and think about elephants...
what it’s like living here

what it’s like living here

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 8, 2010 | Columbus GA, essays, life, mfa, place | 2 comments

I wrote a guest post for Doug Glover’s blog, Numéro Cinq, in the series he’s doing on what it’s like to live in various places. Here’s the first paragraph: In Columbus, Georgia, the seasons change, but they take their sweet time about it. First...
the first days of April

the first days of April

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 2, 2009 | Columbus GA, first novels, place | 0 comments

“The first days of April were windy and warm.  White clouds trailed across the blue sky.  In the wind there was the smell of the river and also the fresher smell of fields beyond the town.” from The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers Carson...

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