{"id":530,"date":"2015-04-16T11:09:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T15:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/?p=530"},"modified":"2015-04-16T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T15:09:29","slug":"awp-2015-parties-are-not-for-proofreading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/awp-2015-parties-are-not-for-proofreading\/","title":{"rendered":"AWP 2015: Parties are Not for Proofreading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>MAR <\/em>is back from a busy and fruitful AWP in Minneapolis. We celebrated the journal&#8217;s 35th anniversary, hosted a party in an art gallery complete with a cake and a keg, gave away lots of hotdish recipe cards and <em>MAR <\/em>issues at the booth, and best of all, connected with some of our wonderful readers, contributors, and former editors. Here are a few snapshots of our time in Minneapolis:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-539\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-539 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spoon.jpg\" alt=\"spoon\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spoon.jpg 575w, https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spoon-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First stop in Minneapolis: the giant spoon and cherry! (Okay, not really.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-531\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/AbbySasha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/AbbySasha.jpg\" alt=\"AbbySasha\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/AbbySasha.jpg 575w, https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/AbbySasha-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Editors extraordinaire (Managing Editor Sasha Khalifeh and Editor-in-Chief Abigail Cloud) at the booth!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-534\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LydiaJenelle-Mar-booth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-534 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LydiaJenelle-Mar-booth.jpg\" alt=\"LydiaJenelle Mar booth\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LydiaJenelle-Mar-booth.jpg 575w, https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LydiaJenelle-Mar-booth-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assistant Fiction Editor Lydia Munnell and Assistant Poetry Editor Jenelle Clausen at the MAR booth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/party1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-536 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/party1.jpg\" alt=\"party1\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/party1.jpg 575w, https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/party1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s party time! MAR celebrated its 35th anniversary by throwing a cake- and beer-filled party at Gallery 13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-533\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/birthday-cake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-533 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/birthday-cake.jpg\" alt=\"birthday cake\" width=\"575\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/birthday-cake.jpg 575w, https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/birthday-cake-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cake! (We&#8217;re willing to overlook the missing &#8220;n&#8221; in our name. Parties are not for proofreading.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-537\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/party2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-537 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/party2.jpg\" alt=\"party2\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/party2.jpg 575w, https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/party2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More MAR party goodness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-532\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Andy-Lydia-Sasha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-532 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Andy-Lydia-Sasha.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Lydia Sasha\" width=\"575\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Andy-Lydia-Sasha.jpg 575w, https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Andy-Lydia-Sasha-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MAR editors live it up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-538\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/party3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-538 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/party3.jpg\" alt=\"party3\" width=\"575\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/party3.jpg 575w, https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/party3-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s just one shot of a MAR contributor (Cynthia Marie Hoffman) reading at the party.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-535\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MAR-group.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-535 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MAR-group.jpg\" alt=\"MAR group\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MAR-group.jpg 575w, https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MAR-group-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From all of us at MAR, thanks for a fantastic AWP!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0photos from Laura Maylene Walter and Chelsea Kerwin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAR is back from a busy and fruitful AWP in Minneapolis. 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