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!
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 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.
We can all agree that Bridgette the hamster, shown here with her cat sister Groucho, is truly adorable. But today’s Pets with MAR post is bittersweet: Bridgette passed away not long after this photo was taken. You are dearly missed, Bridgey. Thanks for being a friend to MAR.
Pet parents Karissa Morton and Justin Carter are both former BGSU MFAs and MAR readers, and they currently live in Denton, Texas. Karissa’s recent work appears in The Indiana Review, Crab Orchard, Guernica, and The Paris-American, among other places. Justin’s appears in Sonora Review, The Collagist, Passages North, and Ninth Letter, among others.
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.
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 on a Saturday afternoon is to do it with MAR. (Especially when the cover complements your fur coloring.) Arya is owned by Alyse Bensel, whose poem, “Glossary for Metamorphosis I,” appears in this issue. After you’re done taking in the wonders of Arya, read Alyse’s MAR contributor interview.
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.
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 Stories) and Karen Craigo, MAR‘s nonfiction editor. (Check out her blog!) In the next issue of MAR (35.2), Karen and Mike participate in a special MAR editor roundtable discussion to celebrate the journal’s 35th anniversary. Don’t miss it!
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.