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In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Katrin Arefy

by WaterStone Review | Aug 27, 2018 | blog: all

1. Tell us about your essay in Volume 20. How did it come to be? “On the Other Side” is the result of a lengthy contemplation. It began when I heard the news about my cousin, and it took about two years for me to finish the thinking process, find what was there for me...

In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Melanie Richards

by WaterStone Review | Aug 21, 2018 | blog: all

1. Tell us about your poem in Volume 20. How did it come to be? My poem “Late August, Uncomplicated by Desire” came about through a process of avoidance, meaning I was supposed to be cleaning my back bedroom, but instead I sat down in the rocking chair and hand-wrote...

In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Steven Harvey

by WaterStone Review | Aug 14, 2018 | blog: all

1. Tell us about your essay in Volume 20. How did it come to be? “Another Way” is a lyric essay about the acceptance of life as it is, a letting go that opens new possibilities for discovery and love. I remember when I wrote it that I wanted to draw on a lively mix of...

In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Emily Tuszynska

by WaterStone Review | Aug 7, 2018 | blog: all

1. Tell us about your poem in Volume 20. How did it come to be? My third child was born in the springtime. The weather was absolutely luscious, and I spent a few days cuddling her in bed as my milk came in and I recovered from her birth. We left the windows open day...

In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Michael Schmeltzer

by WaterStone Review | Jul 31, 2018 | blog: all

In The Field is a series devoted to highlighting the writing life and artistic process of our contributors. Tell us about your poem in Volume 20. How did it come to be? “Joy, Apoptosis” came out of a need to imbue my writing with some amount of joy and...

In the Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Linda Downing Miller

by WaterStone Review | Jul 24, 2018 | blog: all

In The Field is a series devoted to highlighting the writing life and artistic process of our contributors. Tell us about your short story in Volume 20. How did it come to be? A threat of violence at my daughters’ school ended as a non-event, but the idea that we now...

In The Field: Conversations with our Contributors–Michael Kiesow Moore

by WaterStone Review | Jul 16, 2018 | blog: all

In The Field is a series devoted to highlighting the writing life and artistic process of our contributors. 1.Tell us about your essay in Volume 20. How did it come to be? “Manning Up in the 21st Century” is a collection of three short creative nonfiction pieces....

In the Field: Conversations with our Contributors–Angela Narciso Torres

by WaterStone Review | Jul 9, 2018 | blog: all

In The Field is a series devoted to highlighting the writing life and artistic process of our contributors. 1. Tell us about your poem in Volume 20. How did it come to be? I was in a workshop with Terrance Hayes and we were looking at definition poems. So when I got...

In the Field: Conversations with our Contributors — Ed Bok Lee

by WaterStone Review | Jul 2, 2018 | blog: all

In The Field is a series devoted to highlighting the writing life and artistic process of our contributors. Tell us about your poem in Volume 20. How did it come to be? One of my first cassette tapes ever was Purple Rain. I listened to it so much on my headphones...