Cynthia Newberry Martin on Reading and Belonging (to Something Bigger) (E29)
In today’s episode, I am chatting with Cynthia Newberry Martin. Cynthia’s first novel, Tidal Flats, won the Gold Medal in Literary Fiction at the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards and the 14th Annual National Indie Excellence Award for Fiction. Her website features the How We Spend Our Days series, over a decade of essays by writers on their lives. She grew up in Atlanta and now lives in Columbus, Georgia, with her husband and in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in a little house by the water. Her third novel, The Art of Her Life, was published on June 6th, 2023. Congratulation Cynthia!
In this episode, we talked about everything from her choice to leave her job as an attorney to stay-at-home with her family and how that gave her the time to rekindle her love of reading. This ultimately led her down the path to becoming a writer. She shares with us how her characters came to be and where she drew inspiration for her novels. Her book flight includes books that inspired her to become a writer and is one you will not want to miss. Happy listening!
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Show Notes
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Books and authors mentioned in the episode:
The Art of Her Life by Cynthia Newberry Martin (released 06/06/23)
Tidal Flats by Cynthia Newberry Martin
Love Like This by Cynthia Newberry Martin
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
These is my Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine by Nancy Turner
Cora's Kitchen by Kimberly Garrett Brown
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Homestead by Melinda Moustakis
Book Flight
The Anna Papers by Ellen Gilchrist
Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
Light Years by James Salter
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