{"id":37693,"date":"2023-01-13T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=37693"},"modified":"2025-02-21T11:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:42:47","slug":"issue-91-madison-jozefiak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/issue-91-madison-jozefiak\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 91: Madison Jozefiak"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About Madison Jozefiak<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Madison Jozefiak is a fiction writer and copywriter from Boston, MA. She graduated from Colgate University in upstate New York with a degree in English and creative writing. Her short fiction also appears in Inscape Literary Journal, The Baltimore Review, and Thin Air Magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSlow\u201d in Inscape Literary Magazine<\/a>, 2021, print<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDay One\u201d in Baltimore Review<\/a>, 2021, print and online<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy My Matches Aren\u2019t Responding to Me on the Dating App\u201d in Thin Air Magazine<\/a>, 2022, online<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

INSTAGRAM: madison_jozefiak<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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A Profile of the Author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Notes on “A Tour of the Mural at the Merari Public Library”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Like anything else I\u2019ve written to date, a lot of really random stuff went into this piece. But walking is one of the most important parts of the process. During the pandemic winter I used to walk on Carson beach, in Boston\u2019s south end. One day I started imagining a town where each person had the soul of a different sea creature and became very invested in creating a myth about this. I wrote a whole legend about the sea falling in love with the land and infecting all the fish with a fatalistic land-longing, an octopus who was the head of an underwater council, and a sea witch who tricked them into becoming human and losing their memories so she could exploit them. There was a lot of dialogue, a lot of description, and even a seagull who served as the sea witch\u2019s assistant. When it was finished, I didn\u2019t like it very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sooner or later I asked myself if the myth didn\u2019t resonate with me because it was out of context. Who would care about this octopus? So what if the townspeople used to be fish? I decided to put the myth where it was supposed to be, in the past, and have it be told in the present day by one of the sea creatures\u2019 direct descendants. The library mural was a useful storytelling device. And Christopher helped me out with everything I felt the piece was lacking: energy, humor, relatability. I\u2019m very grateful to him and his many decided hours of volunteering. Initially, he was giving a sort of lecture, but I got some feedback at a virtual workshop that led me to think of ways he could interact more with the audience. That\u2019s where the question-and-answer sections come from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music, Food, Booze, Tattoos, Kittens, etc.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Music<\/strong>: The duo Cafun\u00e9. They\u2019re a little under the radar, but I\u2019ve been a huge fan for years, and their song Tek It recently took off. They\u2019re going on tour for the first time, and I can\u2019t wait to see them in concert next month!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food<\/strong>: Ratatouille. It\u2019s not so difficult to make, you just have to chop a lot of vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Booze<\/strong>: Mad Elf Ale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tattoos<\/strong>: Just one. It\u2019s a seagull. Pretty on-brand, I\u2019d say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kittens\/animals<\/strong>: I have two dogs in my life. One is a 14-year-old Dalmatian. She is my family dog. She is pampered yet constantly dissatisfied in the manner of an aged French heiress. The other is my boyfriend\u2019s cute ginger-colored Australian cattle dog. She\u2019s a menace, and barks at everyone. She\u2019s very good at climbing mountains, too, which can come across as intimidating. But she\u2019s got a good heart. Once you\u2019re part of the pack, she\u2019ll protect you no matter what.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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“A Tour of the Mural at the Merari Public Library” by Madison Jozefiak<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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