by WaterStone Review | Jun 28, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jackie Trytten Your creative nonfiction piece “Taking Each Other In” from Volume 23 is a flash essay that our editorial board members said “really earned its place” in this issue due to its lyricism and economy of...
by WaterStone Review | Jun 14, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Krischan Stotz Your creative nonfiction piece “The Jellyfish Tide” from Volume 23 is a philosophical lyric essay that explores simultaneities and fate. Our board members who read and voted on including it in Volume 23...
by WaterStone Review | Jun 1, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Amy Bagan Your poem “Primate” in Volume 23 explores traits and knowledge, things we learn from each other, from our ancestors. Can you tell us about the inspiration behind this poem? Yes, exactly. “Primate” sits atop a...
by WaterStone Review | May 17, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—John Wall Barger Your poem “We Came to Dinner” in Volume 23 fuses modern and contemporary poetic styles. Can you talk through the inspiration behind this poem? This poem started, as many of mine do, very literally, in...
by WaterStone Review | May 5, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Halee Kirkwood “Haibun for Early Autumn, Haibun for Buses & Sobriety” from Volume 23 follows the speaker along their bus route—images and sounds, thoughts and memories, included. I also ride the bus and every time...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 26, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Sam Stokley Your poem “Theories and Postulates” in Volume 23 is, as you wrote in your epigraph is, “an rdeb love poem”. You describe this painful scene in which you purposefully hot glue a skin wound shut in an art...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 12, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Denton Loving Your short story “Renunciation” in Volume 23 includes a scene that depicts Giotto di Bondone’s famous painting Renunciation of Worldly Goods. What was your inspiration for incorporating di Bondone’s work?...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 29, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jason Tandon Welcome back to Water~Stone Review, Jason! Your poem “I Came Here” in Volume 23 pays homage to Chinese poet Du Fu. What was the inspiration behind this? The inspiration was primarily the natural setting...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 15, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Chris Arthur Your essay “Listening to the Music of a Vulture’s Egg” from Volume 23 takes the reader on a philosophical journey through time and space, and it begins with this griffon vulture’s egg that you bought as a...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 1, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—JJ Peña Your flash cnf piece “air in the brain” in Volume 23 feels like this urgent, almost pseudo apology or justification from the speaker who feels compelled to explain their mother’s behavior. Can you tell us how...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 15, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Meg Eden Your poem “Estate Sale” in Volume 23 starts out really funny and lighthearted until about the time when the speaker finds sales tags on used underwear. Then it shifts into some very thought-provoking territory...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 1, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Allison Wyss Your short story “FastDog Security” in Volume 23 is, as Keith Lesmeister wrote in his editorial letter, “quirky and odd, in the best possible way.” Can you tell us how the idea came to you to write about a...
by WaterStone Review | Jan 20, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Alice Hatcher Your poem “Before the First Incision” in Volume 23 includes a speaker contemplating an impending surgical procedure while walking on the beach. Can you tell us a little bit about how this poem came...
by WaterStone Review | Jan 4, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Peter Vertacnik Your poem “The Book” in Volume 23 includes one repetitious line in each stanza that threads the narrative together. What does it say about this man that he refuses to accept separating from his...
by WaterStone Review | Dec 21, 2020 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributor–Dan Malakoff Your short story “Bear No Relation” in Volume 23 involves a lot of tension simmering in the narrative. I felt so anxious watching Jane spiral! Can you tell us why you chose a political meet-and-greet...
by WaterStone Review | Dec 7, 2020 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Joanna Manning Your flash essay “Sweet Just Yesterday” in Volume 23 is a burst of imagery and sensory details. Can you tell us a bit about your writing process and how you kept this essay so compressed? I write...
by WaterStone Review | Nov 23, 2020 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Michael Kleber-Diggs Your poem “EGGSHELLS” in Volume 23 has an interesting origin story. Can you tell us about that? I have been working from home and spending a lot of time with our two dogs (miniature...
by WaterStone Review | Nov 16, 2020 | blog: all
A Conversation With Carolyn Holbrook: WSR Contributing CNF Editor Water~Stone Review has always been a collaborative project of students, faculty, and staff at Hamline University Creative Writing. In addition to working with our faculty, and to fulfill a larger...
by WaterStone Review | Nov 9, 2020 | blog: all
A Conversation With Sean Hill: WSR Contributing Poetry Editor Water~Stone Review has always been a collaborative project of students, faculty, and staff at Hamline University Creative Writing. In addition to working with our faculty, and to fulfill a larger initiative...
by WaterStone Review | Oct 26, 2020 | blog: all
In the Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Christine Robbins In The Field is a blog series devoted to highlighting the writing life and artistic process of our contributors. This week we continue with our series now featuring contributors from our most...
