{"id":586,"date":"2015-05-08T09:16:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T13:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/?p=586"},"modified":"2015-05-08T12:26:41","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T16:26:41","slug":"mar-asks-yael-massen-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/mar-asks-yael-massen-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"MAR Asks, Yael Massen Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-587\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Yael-Masson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-587\" src=\"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Yael-Masson.jpg\" alt=\"Yael Masson\" width=\"412\" height=\"462\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yael Massen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yael Massen is a first-year MFA student in poetry at Indiana University, Bloomington. Her work can be found in <em>Ilanot Review<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Tupelo Quarterly<\/em>, and <em>DIALOGIST<\/em>. Her poem, \u201cThe Cartographer\u2019s Daughter,\u201d appears in MAR 35.1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What can you share about this piece prior to its MAR publication?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cartographer\u2019s Daughter\u201d is actually an ekphrastic poem, based on an origami dress made from an old map. The artist, Elisabeth Lecourt, has a series of origami maps in her collection, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elisabethlecourt.com\/works\/les-robes-geographiques\/\">Les robes g\u00e9ographiques<\/a>.\u201d The map-dress that serves as inspiration for this poem is titled, \u201cLe Chateau deu Map of the World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your reaction upon receiving your MAR acceptance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was very excited for <em>MAR<\/em> to be my first print publication. My mentor, Cori Winrock, was chosen as Editor\u2019s Choice for the James Wright Poetry Award several years ago. It was pretty special to celebrate a shared journal-milestone in our writing lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re at a family reunion and some long-lost relative asks about your writing. What do you say?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I usually tell people I write about love, in all forms. Love between friends, love between family, self-love, love for one\u2019s country, etc. I am also interested in the consequences of love, the pain of betrayal, questioning the authenticity of our feelings of admiration or disappointment, and the magnitude to which we feel strong emotions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your biggest writing-related regret?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I tend to feel anxious before and after a writer gives a reading. I am never quite sure what to do or say before an author reads, and I don\u2019t feel authentic when making small talk. I usually leave shortly after a reading ends. I wish I would spend more time talking to writers whose work really affects me, and it\u2019s something I\u2019ve decided to work on in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us one strange thing about yourself that <em>does <\/em>involve writing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t like people to know that I am writing, and I don\u2019t like to be asked what I am working on. When I would return home during summer breaks from college, I\u2019d sneak into the kitchen at 3 A.M. and write by the light of my refrigerator\u2019s ice dispenser.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Thanks, Yael!<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>Laura Maylene Walter, Fiction Editor<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yael Massen is a first-year MFA student in poetry at Indiana University, Bloomington. 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