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 your reasoning in telling this poem with concise language? Did the...
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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 traditional character? Are there certain things a writer should...
Constellation Route, by Matthew Olzmann, Reviewed by Robyn Earhart
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...
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,” yet at the end there is a shift as the speaker describes “becoming...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—W. Todd Kaneko
There’s a sweetness of presence in your poem “Horsepower” as well as a complexity in a singular moment which I found intriguing. You take us on a journey through the simple observation of a cluster of horses by the side of the road. Could you speak to the inspiration...
Splendid Anatomies, by Allison Wyss, Reviewed by M. L. Schultz
Splendid Anatomies Allison Wyss Veliz Books 2022 ISBN 13: 9781949776119 191 pages Allison Wyss’s debut book, Splendid Anatomies, collects sixteen short stories that explore themes of physical and emotional boundaries, identity, dissolution, and dismemberment. But...
In the Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Kimberly Blaeser
This interview has been shortened. For the full interview, including information about Kimberly Blaeser’s activist work, please click this link: full interview. The title of your poem in Volume 24 “Onaabani-giizis” means “hard crust on the snow moon,” which...
Meet the Editors: Incoming Managing Editor, Rachel Guvenc
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 executive editor, while established writers in the field act as...
Shade of Blue Trees, By Kelly Cressio-Moeller, Reviewed by Zoey Gulden
Shade of Blue Trees Kelly Cressio-Moeller Two Sylvias Press 2021 ISBN 10: 1948767147 ISBN 13: 9781948767149 100 pagesIn Kelly Cressio-Moeller’s debut poetry collection, “Shade of Blue Trees,” this expert scene-setting writer takes the readers through a gallery of art....
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 did you come up with this idea? Why did you decide to explore...
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 executive editor, while established writers in the field act as...