by WaterStone Review | Nov 7, 2019 | blog: all
Tell us about your poem “Run the Jewels” in Volume 22. How did it come to be? I had read, several times, of the horrific lynching of Chinese in Los Angeles in 1871, but was surprised that there was so little awareness of it in the American consciousness. In a way,...
by WaterStone Review | Oct 22, 2019 | blog: all
In The Field is a blog series devoted to highlighting the writing life and artistic process of our contributors. This week we continue with our series now featuring contributors from our most recent issue, Vo. 22 “Tending to Fires”. Vol. 22 is now available for...
by WaterStone Review | Sep 30, 2019 | blog: all
For twenty two years, Water~Stone Review has been a collaborative passion project of students, faculty, and staff. For our next issue, we are bringing a new team member to the process with hope of expanding our chorus of voices in our pages as well as our reach and...
by WaterStone Review | Sep 19, 2019 | blog: all
Reviewed by ROBYN EARHART (Much gratitude to Milkweed Editions for sending me an early copy of Su’s work to review.) Su Hwang is a bit of a legend in the Twin Cities literary community. Poetry Asylum cofounder, recipient of the inaugural Jerome Hill Fellowship in...
by WaterStone Review | Sep 9, 2019 | blog: all
1. Tell us about your poem in Volume 21, “The Price of Rice.” How did it come to be? Back when I was putting my manuscript together, I wanted to write a poem honoring my mother’s sacrifices and hardships to balance out (tonally) the other poems highlighting our...
by WaterStone Review | Aug 27, 2019 | blog: all
1. Tell us about your poem in Volume 21, “Closing Time.” How did it come to be? My mother was Jewish, my father was a WASP, and neither was religious. I find ethnicity confusing, and my ethnicity in particular. Since most of our social life came about through my...