by WaterStone Review | Jun 13, 2022 | blog: all
Shade of Blue Trees Kelly Cressio-Moeller Two Sylvias Press 2021 ISBN 10: 1948767147 ISBN 13: 9781948767149 100 pages In Kelly Cressio-Moeller’s debut poetry collection, “Shade of Blue Trees,” this expert scene-setting writer takes the readers through a gallery of...
by WaterStone Review | Jun 6, 2022 | blog: all
In the Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—T.N. Eyer In your short story “Date of Death” from Volume 24, you write about a fictional world, very like our own, except that people are knowledgeable about their time of death. This is an interesting concept. How...
by WaterStone Review | May 31, 2022 | blog: all
Meet the Editors: Outgoing Managing Editor, Robyn Earhart For twenty-five years, Water~Stone Review has been a collaborative passion project of students, faculty, and staff. Creative Writing Programs staff member, Meghan Maloney-Vinz serves as the journal’s...
by WaterStone Review | May 23, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Christina Olson I noticed that both your poems “[…]” and “Gut” published in Volume 24 compliment each other as they both veer into the field of a strained relationship with a father. How do you use the medium of...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 18, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Maria Zoccola The following interview was conducted between contributor Maria Zoccola and assistant poetry editor Trisha Daigle discussing Maria’s poem “self-portrait as god” in Volume 24 and Maria’s work. The featured...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 11, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Kasey Payette “We’re Not Weird About It” in Volume 24 is about a young person exploring their sexuality in the space of attending church events. What was the inspiration behind this story? How did it come to be? “We’re...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 28, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—E.A. Farro In your essay from Vol. 24, “Whatever Discomfort, Find Beauty”, the speaker directly addresses the reader during a trip in the Never Summer mountain range in Colorado. Can you tell us about the inspiration...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 28, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Kristin Laurel In “Lucas”, your poem from Volume 24, the speaker is taking a bath after witnessing a man receive medical attention from a chest compression device. Can you tell us what inspired this poem? How did it...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 7, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Pamela R. Fletcher Bush Your memoir essay “The Complexion of Love” in Vol. 24 recounts a pivotal moment when the young narrator Renny is confronted with racism by the white kids she’s attracted to, and then feels...
by WaterStone Review | Jan 24, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Darryl Holmes Your poem in Vol. 24 “The Persistence of Memory” uses Salvador Dalí’s 1931 surrealistic painting (of the same name). Can you speak to the inspiration behind this poem? How did it come to be? I went...
by WaterStone Review | Jan 10, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jeannine Hall Gailey Your poem “On the Autumn Equinox, 2019” from Volume 24 explores some big ideas on resistance: resistance from rape culture and patriarchy, resistance from predators or the changing of seasons, the...
by WaterStone Review | Dec 20, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Arleta Little Back in November 2020, we asked contributing creative nonfiction editor Carolyn Holbrook what types of submissions she wanted to receive for our forthcoming issue. “I can’t imagine Vol. 24 not having a...
by WaterStone Review | Dec 6, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—David Aloi “People Here”, your story in Vol. 24, immediately transported me to my middle-school days crowded around a friend’s computer, the sweet sound of the dial-up connection whirring, hoping we could find some...
by WaterStone Review | Nov 29, 2021 | blog: all
Inside and Outside the Box by Stan Sanvel Rubin For the past two years, our poetry reviews editor Stan Sanvel Rubin has wondered what impact pandemic-related isolation and online reading events will have on the future of writing. Like many of us, Stan found comfort...
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...
