We dare you to take in the glorious, fuzzy beauty of this post and not 1) rush out to your nearest shelter to adopt a slightly sleepy calico of your own and 2) pick up an issue of MAR 35.1 immediately. You’re looking at Arya, a cat who knows the best way to laze about...

Let’s give a catnip-filled welcome to Salami Sandwich, a kitty belonging to Ernie and Keats Czyzniejewski. Here’s Salami with issue 35.1! Super secret insider info: Salami lives in the same household as MAR history — two former editor-in-chiefs, Mike Czyzniejewski (author, most recently, of I Will Love You For the Rest of My Life: Breakup...

If anyone tries to tell you cats aren’t loyal pets, pull up this photo of Liffey. Liffey is shown here bravely protecting the very issue of MAR that includes her owner’s poem. How’s that for loyalty? Becky Hagenston’s prose poem “Owls,” which was a runner-up in the 2014 Fineline Competition, appears in issue 35.1. And...

Today’s MAR-loving pet is the adorable Boo Boo. His coloring complements the cover of  issue 35.1, wouldn’t you say? Boo Boo’s photo was submitted by Kristine Steddum, who says Boo Boo loves MAR, “especially the poetry.” Thanks, Boo Boo! Want to include your pet in this special Pets with MAR blog series? Simply send your...

The MAR blog has a new design to reflect the current issue, and this black-and-white beauty is here to help us look our best. Meet RosyJo: RosyJo belongs to MAR 35.1 contributor Cynthia Marie Hoffman, whose poem, “Open Window,” appears in the issue’s special section for prose poems, flash fiction, and everything in-between. Hoffman points...

Dog lovers, look at this face and rejoice. Please welcome Heidi to the MAR blog! Heidi belongs to Katrin Tschirgi, a graduate of the BGSU MFA program and MAR‘s former managing editor. Katrin’s poetry and prose have appeared in Washington Square Review, Passages North, Hunger Mountain, Post Road, and The Literary Review. Read her poem,...

A dog named Bukowski? Only on the MAR blog. Today’s photo is thanks to Sasha Khalifeh, Bukowski’s owner and MAR‘s fearless managing editor. Enjoy: Want to include your pet in this special Pets with MAR blog series? Simply send your photo, along with your pet’s name and any other relevant details, to mar@bgsu.edu with “Pets...

Dog lovers, you had your turn recently with Ares — and trust us, more dogs are on the way — but today is the day of the cat. Allow us to present Nina: Nina belongs to Anne Barngrover, a contributor to not one but two recent issues of MAR. Her poems “Dock and Withers” and...

MAR is for the dogs — and we like it that way. Here’s Ares snuggling up for some reading time with his favorite literary magazine: Ares is owned by Chelsea Kerwin, a poet, MAR assistant editor, and MFA candidate at BGSU. Her works appears in Tulane Review and is forthcoming in Hobart. Want to include...

Happy New Year, MAR readers! What’s that — you’re feeling the post-holiday blues? We have the cure for that, and its name is Sushi. Behold: Sushi belongs to Gray Maxwell, a current fiction MFA candidate at BGSU and MAR assistant editor. Thanks, Sushi, for ringing in the new year with a copy of MAR. Cheers!...

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...

Now that Winter Wheat is over, we can kick back, relax, and get some reading done…with our pets, of course. Our latest Pets with MAR guest is Chester, who belongs to Suzanne Hodsden, our tech editor. After you’ve soaked up Chester’s cuteness, check out Suzanne’s three-part series about Dan Stevens, the post-MFA life, and more...