Bodega, by Su Hwang, Reviewed by Robyn Earhart
Reviewed by ROBYN EARHART (Much gratitude to Milkweed Editions for sending me an early copy of Su’s work to review.) Su Hwang is a bit of a legend in the Twin Cities literary community. Poetry Asylum cofounder, recipient of the inaugural Jerome...
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In the Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Su Hwang
1. Tell us about your poem in Volume 21, “The Price of Rice.” How did it come to be? Back when I was putting my manuscript together, I wanted to write a poem honoring my mother’s sacrifices and hardships to balance out (tonally) the other poems highlighting our...
read moreIn The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Michael Pearce
1. Tell us about your poem in Volume 21, “Closing Time.” How did it come to be? My mother was Jewish, my father was a WASP, and neither was religious. I find ethnicity confusing, and my ethnicity in particular. Since most of our social life came about through my...
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A Peek Into Production, by Meghan Maloney-Vinz
With the last month of summer upon us, it seems like the right time to check into the production of Volume 22. In May, after the editorial board and their faculty editors made their final selections, production began in earnest with an initial...
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In the Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Melissa Hite
1. Tell us about your poem, “Landmannalaugar,” in Volume 21. How did it come to be? When I was in college, I spent a week in Iceland as part of a study abroad program through my conservative Christian university. Our guides took us to this beautiful, remote hot spring...
read moreIn The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Jordan Escobar
1. Tell us about your poem in Volume 21, “Necropsy.” How did it come to be? This poem came about from reminiscing about a class I took in undergrad. I got my bachelors in Animal Science and the coursework included taking a class called Equine Science. Part of the...
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In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Elaine Ford
In a break from our normal protocol, we present this special In The Field featuring Elaine Ford. WSR published Ford's piece "Briggate" posthumously, as submitted for consideration by her husband Arthur Boatin. In the following Q&A, Arthur has crafted answers on...
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In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Kelly Cressio-Moeller
1. Tell us about your poem in Volume 21, “Panels from a Celestial Autumn.” How did it come to be? It’s an invented form where each section or ‘panel’, as in a polyptych in painting is a separate voice but the sections hang together as part of a larger whole. I began...
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In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Kasey Payette
1. Tell us about your CNF piece, “Preserves,” in Volume 21. How did it come to be? Structurally, “Preserves” tells the true story of my experience learning to preserve food through canning. That straightforward narrative arc serves as a container to hold less...
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Meet the Editors: New Assistant Managing Editor, Robyn Earhart
For over twenty years, Water~Stone Review has been a collaborative passion project of students, faculty, and staff. While it is a staff member who holds the position of managing editor (Meghan Maloney-Vinz), and esteemed faculty (Katrina Vandenberg, Patricia Weaver...
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In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Analía Villagra
1. Tell us about your fiction piece, “For Ángel, The Ocean,” in Volume 21. How did it come to be? Someone close to me struggled with substance abuse, and it’s very hard to know what to do in that situation. You want to help and be there for them, but where is the line...
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