by WaterStone Review | Apr 21, 2020 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Michelle Bonczek Evory Tell us about your poem “Becoming American” in Volume 22. How did it come to be? I was lucky to grow up less than a mile away from both sets of my grandparents. I saw them all the time;...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 6, 2020 | blog: all
In the Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–April Gibson Tell us about your poem “Coldwater” in Volume 22. How did it come to be? I wrote the first draft of this poem in 2014 during my time in the Loft Mentor Series. We were having a workshop with one of...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 23, 2020 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Marlin Barton Tell us about your fiction piece “Reading Aloud” in Volume 22. How did it come to be? Just as the character in the story does, I read to my mother when she was in a nursing home for the better part...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 9, 2020 | blog: all
In the Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Bernard Ferguson Tell us about your poem “The Weekend” in Volume 22. How did it come to be? It came, firstly, as a response to SZA’s song “The Weekend,” leaking like syrup into my ear, on repeat, for what felt...
by WaterStone Review | Mar 1, 2020 | blog: all
AWP 2020: Giddy Up, San Antonio! It’s that time of year again when we all start to prep and plan out the most important thing about AWP—our conference clothes! I’m kidding of course, but it’s no secret that the stakes can feel high about what to wear at the biggest...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 10, 2020 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Laura Theobald Benda Tell us about your CNF piece “The Coward” in Volume 22. How did it come to be? This piece actually began 10 years ago, during the Hamline summer writing workshop. The visiting professor asked...
