by WaterStone Review | Mar 28, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—E.A. Farro In your essay from Vol. 24, “Whatever Discomfort, Find Beauty”, the speaker directly addresses the reader during a trip in the Never Summer mountain range in Colorado. Can you tell us about the inspiration...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 28, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Kristin Laurel In “Lucas”, your poem from Volume 24, the speaker is taking a bath after witnessing a man receive medical attention from a chest compression device. Can you tell us what inspired this poem? How did it...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 7, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Pamela R. Fletcher Bush Your memoir essay “The Complexion of Love” in Vol. 24 recounts a pivotal moment when the young narrator Renny is confronted with racism by the white kids she’s attracted to, and then feels...
by WaterStone Review | Jan 24, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Darryl Holmes Your poem in Vol. 24 “The Persistence of Memory” uses Salvador Dalí’s 1931 surrealistic painting (of the same name). Can you speak to the inspiration behind this poem? How did it come to be? I went...
by WaterStone Review | Jan 10, 2022 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jeannine Hall Gailey Your poem “On the Autumn Equinox, 2019” from Volume 24 explores some big ideas on resistance: resistance from rape culture and patriarchy, resistance from predators or the changing of seasons, the...
by WaterStone Review | Dec 20, 2021 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Arleta Little Back in November 2020, we asked contributing creative nonfiction editor Carolyn Holbrook what types of submissions she wanted to receive for our forthcoming issue. “I can’t imagine Vol. 24 not having a...
