In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jenifer Browne Lawrence
Your poem from Volume 26, “Reading Alone in a Square Room,” is a tightly-crafted, highly imagistic piece that leaves readers feeling refreshed. What was the inspiration behind this poem? This poem began with riffing off of the first line of John Donne’s poem, “The...
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A Conversation with January Gill O’Neil—WSR Contributing Poetry Editor
Water~Stone Review is a collaborative project of students, faculty, and staff at Hamline University Creative Writing Programs. In addition to working with our faculty, and to fulfill a larger initiative of providing a place for new/emerging and underrepresented voices...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Melissa Crowe
Your poem “Lessons” in Volume 24, lists a series of shocking events that a young person witnessed from extended family members. How has your childhood shaped your poetry? This is a big question! I want to start by addressing that word, shocking because, believe it or...
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Zibiquah Denny
I really enjoyed your creative nonfiction piece “The Buckskin Dress” in Volume 24 which tells the history of your family through the usage and the making of a dress sewn by your grandmother. Why did you choose to tell this story through the history of the dress? How...
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...
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...