Welcome Managing Editor Elizabeth Carls
Welcome Elizabeth Carls, the new Managing Editor of Water~Stone! Elizabeth has published creative nonfiction and poetry in Split Rock Review, River Teeth, and Under the Sun, among other journals. She has served on the editorial board of CRAFT Literary and Runestone...
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Water~Stone Farewell from Managing Editor Jenn Sisko
It is with many emotions that I reach the end of my time at Water~Stone Review. While I look forward to the future, I will always hold a fond spot in my literary heart for the journal that taught me so much. My journey started with one question: What can I learn, and...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—mychael zulauf
Your poem, “yazoo-mississippi delta” appears in Volume 28. When did you start writing this poem? What inspired it? I wrote the poem in a single day on a recent-ish trip I took with my partner to New Orleans. It was my first substantive trip back in over a decade (I...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jey Ley
“Relume” is a beautiful poem that blends this idea of fireflies and relationships. Where did this idea stem from? Inspiration for the poem came from Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. I first learned about the author and book four years ago from the Overlooked No More...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—L. A. Johnson
Your two poems, “Pine Needles Fall on a Green Snow” and “Asymmetry” appear in Volume 28. Both poems feature father figures and colorful imagery. What inspired these poems? My father died suddenly in 2019. It was a shock to me as a person and to my writing practice. I...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Amy Roa
“Red Pine” is a beautifully creative poem in Volume 28 that details the melding of trees and octopus. Where did the inspiration for this poem come from? I wrote “Red Pine” during my time at the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Workshop. We were given an assignment...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Anna Molenaar
“Transportation Fantasy” in Volume 28 holds such an imaginative liveliness. Where and how did the idea for this nonfiction first spring to life? My first car was a thrice-owned glorious clunker of a Suburban named Scrungus. I loved that car, and her quirks and...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—David Thoreen
“Departures” is the final poem in V. 28 of Water~Stone and focuses on a memory of an uncle’s death. When did you begin to write this poem? I’d like to think I began writing this poem when I was thirteen years old and sifting through totems taken from my father’s...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Bryan Price
Where did the first spark of inspiration for ”Unidentified flying object” come from? It’s hard to say now, but I think it has a lot to do with politics and history. I think it has to do with being disappointed with this country’s present and the future of this...