by WaterStone Review | Apr 26, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Sam Stokley Your poem “Theories and Postulates” in Volume 23 is, as you wrote in your epigraph is, “an rdeb love poem”. You describe this painful scene in which you purposefully hot glue a skin wound shut in an art...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 12, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Denton Loving Your short story “Renunciation” in Volume 23 includes a scene that depicts Giotto di Bondone’s famous painting Renunciation of Worldly Goods. What was your inspiration for incorporating di Bondone’s work?...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 29, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jason Tandon Welcome back to Water~Stone Review, Jason! Your poem “I Came Here” in Volume 23 pays homage to Chinese poet Du Fu. What was the inspiration behind this? The inspiration was primarily the natural setting...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 15, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Chris Arthur Your essay “Listening to the Music of a Vulture’s Egg” from Volume 23 takes the reader on a philosophical journey through time and space, and it begins with this griffon vulture’s egg that you bought as a...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 1, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—JJ Peña Your flash cnf piece “air in the brain” in Volume 23 feels like this urgent, almost pseudo apology or justification from the speaker who feels compelled to explain their mother’s behavior. Can you tell us how...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 15, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Meg Eden Your poem “Estate Sale” in Volume 23 starts out really funny and lighthearted until about the time when the speaker finds sales tags on used underwear. Then it shifts into some very thought-provoking territory...