MAR Asks, Katie Booth Answers
Katie Booth’s work has appeared in Indiana Review, Mid-American Review, The Fourth River and Vela, where she also edits the “Bookmarked” column. She has earned recognition and support for her work from the Edward Albee Foundation, the Blue Mountain Center and the Massachusetts Historical Society. She teaches writing and journalism at the University of Pittsburgh....
Pets with MAR: Raffy
Here’s proof that an issue of MAR will make your ears perk up. The adorable Raffy is owned by contributor Brenda Peynado, whose story, “Blue Baby,” appears in MAR 35.1. (Read Peynado’s contributor interview here.) We appreciate your enthusiasm, Raffy!
MAR Asks, Wendy Cannella Answers
Wendy Cannella’s poetry has appeared in Phoebe, Free Lunch, and Southern Indiana Review; her article “Angels and Terrorists” is featured in The Room and the World: Essays on the Poet Stephen Dunn (Syracuse University Press). She earned her MFA from Vermont College, PhD from Boston College, and has taught at Boston College and Southern New...
MAR Asks, Jennifer K. Sweeney Answers
Jennifer K. Sweeney is the author of three poetry collections: Little Spells (New Issues Press, 2015), How to Live on Bread and Music, which received the James Laughlin Award, the Perugia Press Prize and a nomination for the Poets’ Prize, and Salt Memory. The recipient of a Pushcart Prize, her poems have appeared in Academy of American...
MAR Asks, Claire Guyton Answers
Claire Guyton is a Maine writer, editor, and writing coach, whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Crazyhorse, Hunger Mountain, The Journal for the Compressed Creative Arts, River Styx, Sliver of Stone Magazine, and the anthology Summer Stories (Shanti Arts Publishing, 2013). Claire has been awarded the Maine Arts Commission’s Literary Fellowship and earned...
Pets with MAR: Mog
Here’s one kitty who knows how to play to an audience. Please welcome Mog to the MAR blog! Mog belongs to MAR 35.1. contributor Kristin George Bagdanov. (Check out her recent contributor interview.) And remember — the next time you feel a little sleepy, MAR apparently makes a great pillow. Want to include your pet...
MAR Asks, Sean Hammer Answers
Sean Hammer was born in 1988 in Washington, DC and raised in nearby Silver Spring, Maryland. He holds degrees from Boston University and Johns Hopkins, and is beginning his MFA in Fiction at Hunter College in September 2015. His work has been featured in various journals, and his monthly column can be found online at...
MAR Asks, Matt Maki Answers
Matt Maki writes, teaches, edits, and freedom-fights in tumultuous Kyiv, Ukraine. He has served on the editorial staff of Passages North, on the poetry staff and as fiction editor for Black Warrior Review, and is currently Greatest Lakes Review‘s editor-in-chief and Flywheel Magazine‘s fiction editor. His work appears in literary journals and anthologies, including Dunes...