by WaterStone Review | May 15, 2023 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Tara Westmor The following interview was conducted between contributor Tara Westmor and assistant poetry editor Larissa Larson. Your poem “Mother, Ankle Deep” in Volume 25 focuses on the cultural and natural...
by WaterStone Review | May 4, 2023 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Rachel Finn-Lohmann Your short story “Squeaky” in Volume 25 is about a teacher who torments a sixth-grade student in his classroom. What was the inspiration behind this story? How did it come to be? The story is based...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 23, 2023 | blog: all
Heartworm Adam Scheffler Moon City Press 2023 ISBN: 978-0-913785-60-7 70 pages Adam Scheffler’s second poetry collection Heartworm, winner of the 2021 Moon City Poetry Prize, is a bewildering cacophony of subject matters—small or grand, turned over and studied with...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 18, 2023 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Cole W. Williams I always like to start these interviews off by learning about the inspiration behind the writing. In “On Thelma & Louise”, your short essay published in Volume 25, you wrote about a woman who...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 20, 2023 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Eva Song Margolis The illustration credit belongs to Dain Suh, courtesy of NPR. Dain Suh is a New York-based art director, illustrator, and digital content creator. You can learn more about Suh’s work via their...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 28, 2023 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Annie Trinh Your short story “Observation Notes on the Effects of the Vespa Mandarinia” from Volume 25 is about an entomologist battling an infestation of killer hornets in Seattle. What was the inspiration behind this...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 13, 2023 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Patrick Cabello Hansel The featured image was taken from a broadside created by Nick Wroblewski displaying Roy McBride’s poem “Lilac Week” for the Powderhorn Writer’s Festival. Your poem “Lilac Time Minneapolis, May...
by WaterStone Review | Jan 17, 2023 | blog: all
Smog Mother John Wall Barger Palimpsest Press 2022 ISBN: 9781990293214 91 pages Smog Mother, John Wall Barger’s sixth collection of poetry, begins with an epigraph from the 1959 French New Wave film Hiroshima Mon Amour, written by Marguerite Duras: SHE: The...
by WaterStone Review | Jan 3, 2023 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—J.G. Jesman In “Mr Chilombo’s Wife”, your short story published in Volume 25, the narrator describes the goings-on of her day as we begin to see that something is off in the relationship between her and her husband....
by WaterStone Review | Dec 13, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Ernestine Saankaláxt Hayes Congratulations on your Pushcart nomination for your fictional story “Drowning in shallow water is our only escape” in Volume 25! What was the process like for you while writing this unique...
by WaterStone Review | Nov 29, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Ty Chapman Congratulations on being nominated for the Pushcart Award for your poem “Pantheon” in volume 25. This poem speaks not only to the multifaceted layers of oppression Black people face, but also to their...
by WaterStone Review | Oct 27, 2022 | blog: all
What do you hope to achieve while working as the Fiction Contributing Editor with Water~Stone Review (WSR) for v. 26? My hope is to discover new voices and communities and to encounter writing that surprises me. I remember what it was like to open my first acceptance...
by WaterStone Review | Oct 20, 2022 | blog: all
Water~Stone Review is a collaborative project of students, faculty, and staff at Hamline University Creative Writing Programs. In addition to working with our faculty, and to fulfill a larger initiative of providing a place for new/emerging and underrepresented voices...
by WaterStone Review | Oct 17, 2022 | blog: all
Water~Stone Review is a collaborative project of students, faculty, and staff at Hamline University Creative Writing Programs. In addition to working with our faculty, and to fulfill a larger initiative of providing a place for new/emerging and underrepresented voices...
by WaterStone Review | Oct 11, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Melissa Crowe Your poem “Lessons” in Volume 24, lists a series of shocking events that a young person witnessed from extended family members. How has your childhood shaped your poetry? This is a big question! I want...
by WaterStone Review | Oct 4, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Zibiquah Denny I really enjoyed your creative nonfiction piece “The Buckskin Dress” in Volume 24 which tells the history of your family through the usage and the making of a dress sewn by your grandmother. Why did you...
by WaterStone Review | Sep 26, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Ramsey Mathews Your poem in Volume 24, “Cold Sweet Tea on a Slow Afternoon at the Waffle House” is visceral and poignant due to the terrifying situation you describe. It is written in direct, clear language. What was...
by WaterStone Review | Sep 12, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Mona Susan Power Your fictional short story in Volume 24, “Iktomi Spins a Web” is a fresh take on Iktómi, a trickster spider from Dakota and Lakota traditions. What was your intention behind creating a new story with a...
by WaterStone Review | Aug 30, 2022 | blog: all
Constellation Route Matthew Olzmann Alice James Books 2022 ISBN: 9781948579223 114 pages There is a picture of the moon that I like to keep on my phone. It’s not a great picture in terms of its quality, nor is the subject matter (the moon) anything unique. The photo...
by WaterStone Review | Aug 16, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Prageeta Sharma The featured image is by Barnett Newman, Untitled (1945) In your poem “The Restoration” in Volume 24, the speaker questions why they continue to “lurch into the structures of emotional hand-me-downs,”...
