Pets with MAR: Tina and Max
Good literature can be exhausting. Pictured here are Tina and Max, who had to pause for a quick nap after reading MAR 34.2. Their owner, James Warner, has a story in this issue — “Using the Word ‘Posterity’ in a Sentence.” In his recent contributor’s interview, James said, “Any time I feel I’ve nailed a sentence, gotten...
What has MAR been up to?
Quite a lot! First, our staff got busy stuffing envelopes with the new, beautiful issue. Subscribers, look for it soon! We also entertained art lovers at Bowling Green State University’s ArtsX event on Saturday, December 6: Thanks to all our subscribers, who should have the newest issue in hand any moment now, and thanks to...
Outwitting the Abused Writer’s Brain: MAR Speaks to Tessa Mellas
Today on the MAR blog, we’re bringing some words of wisdom (and more than a few words about cats and worms) from author and BGSU MFA alumna Tessa Mellas. Tessa won the 2013 Iowa Short Fiction Award judged by Julie Orringer, and her debut story collection, Lungs Full of Noise, was published by the University of Iowa Press. She holds a...
MAR Issue 35.1
The latest issue of Mid-American Review (35.1) is here! Our staff will send this issue out to subscribers soon. Until then, bask in the glory of this gorgeous cover: