by WaterStone Review | Jun 1, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Amy Bagan Your poem “Primate” in Volume 23 explores traits and knowledge, things we learn from each other, from our ancestors. Can you tell us about the inspiration behind this poem? Yes, exactly. “Primate” sits atop a...
by WaterStone Review | May 17, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—John Wall Barger Your poem “We Came to Dinner” in Volume 23 fuses modern and contemporary poetic styles. Can you talk through the inspiration behind this poem? This poem started, as many of mine do, very literally, in...
by WaterStone Review | May 5, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Halee Kirkwood “Haibun for Early Autumn, Haibun for Buses & Sobriety” from Volume 23 follows the speaker along their bus route—images and sounds, thoughts and memories, included. I also ride the bus and every time...
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...
