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...
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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...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Ty Chapman
You have two poems in Volume 28: ”They Tried to Bury the Neighborhood” and “My Middle Name is Christian,” both of which deal with colonialism and white-perpetuated violence, but in different ways. Where and when did the spark for these poems come from? As to where the...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Suqi Karen Sims
Your fiction piece, “Fungirl,” takes the idea of mycelium network and puts it in a child-shaped body, telling the story of a chef who uses those mushrooms from this creature to create dishes. This work is both beautifully written and disconcerting to read. What...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors— Kathleen Kimball-Baker
Your poem “The Mushers' Daughter” speaks of a running girl in a picture. What sparked the creation of this poem? Is there an actual picture it was based on? Yes! I saw the picture on Facebook. I’m friends with the daughter’s parents, Iditarod veterans Jennifer and...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Kim Blaeser
When was the moment you realized you needed to write “Wars and Small Wars,” your nonfiction piece in V. 28 of Water~Stone highlights the violence that women face on a daily basis? When did the war comparison develop? Honestly, the essay sneaked up on me. Old incidents...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Michaela Chairez
Your poem, “On the Eucalyptus Trail” starts off with the powerful sentences, “I tell my friend the city is a whitewashed tomb.” What was the inspiration for this piece? The inspiration behind this piece is based on my hometown. I have a love/hate relationship with the...