by WaterStone Review | Nov 22, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Gen Del Raye In “Home Burial”, your short story published in Volume 24, the speaker’s grandmother attends the funeral of a man she worked for whose job was to recommend men in the village to draft in the war. How did...
by WaterStone Review | Nov 8, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Heather A. Warren We selected a phrase from a line in your poem “What Wounds Become”, which acts in conversation with the poet torrin a. greathouse, as the subtitle of Volume 24 because it perfectly embodies thematic...
by WaterStone Review | Sep 27, 2021 | blog: all
What are the types of essays you would like to see in Volume 25? I want to see essays from a diverse array of perspectives on a wide range of issues in Volume 25. I want to cull from talent from different communities and put together exciting contributions that will...
by WaterStone Review | Sep 20, 2021 | blog: all
What are the types of poems you would like to see in Volume 25? Poems that feel like microcosms of something larger. What is an ideal submission for you? What would set a submission apart from the others for you? When you make chocolate chip cookies, the most...
by WaterStone Review | Sep 7, 2021 | blog: all
Mona Susan Power is the contributing fiction editor for Volume 25. Below is an interview conducted with her via email exchange. What are the types of stories you would like to see in Volume 25? Authenticity is so important to me. When I used to teach writing I would...
by WaterStone Review | Aug 23, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—William Reichard Your poem “Still Life, with Pomegranates” in Volume 23 is rife with such visceral colors and imagery. This poem contemplates so many things: fruit, hibernation, solace, beauty, and art. Can you tell us...
by WaterStone Review | Aug 9, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Noah Davis Your poem “Passenger Pigeon, Audubon Plate LXII” from Volume 23 includes repetition of the words ‘trust’ and ‘lesser’, which alters the meaning and tone of this poem in different reads of it. Can you tell us...
by WaterStone Review | Jul 26, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Ruth Mukwana Your short story “Floating” in Volume 23 is about Timothy Okello, a young Ugandan refugee who learns that his father is the leader of an anti-government group that kills civilians. Can you tell us a bit...
by WaterStone Review | Jul 12, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Libby Flores In “Safe”, your first of two flash fiction stories in Volume 23, there’s a palpable amount of tension simmering as the unnamed narrator unveils a fractured relationship with their partner. Can you tell us...
by WaterStone Review | Jul 6, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Marjorie Stelmach Your poem “The Late Accommodations” from Volume 23 is an account of driving down a highway at dusk and witnessing a mare “moving through gauzy grasses.” Did you have some ‘aha’ moment to write a poem...
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...
