by WaterStone Review | Feb 25, 2019 | blog: all
1. Tell us about your fiction piece, “The Man from Lowville,” in Volume 21. How did it come to be? “The Man from Lowville” is one of those stories you decide to abandon only to return to years later. In fact, so much time has passed since the initial drafts that it’s...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 22, 2019 | blog: all
Rosali Borka is a self-defined cripple witch poet and dear friend of mine who is currently debuting as an Instagram poet. She is an incubator of intensity and has a profound command over each turn of phrase. Her first pieces in this iteration of her artistry have...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 19, 2019 | blog: all
Tell us about your poem in Volume 21, “Sunrise Village.” How did it come to be? It came into being the way most of my poems do: over time, various images lodge themselves in my mind and coalesce into something like a seed. When I feel it sprouting, I try to coax it...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 14, 2019 | blog: all
One way to swirl up imaginative juices with your partner, in times of potential lackluster fluttering or in a dry spell on romantic river beds, is to share in the experience of mutual poetic expression. An easy introduction to this exercise is to experiment with the...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 11, 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. 21 “Bodies Worth Defending”. 1. Tell us...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 8, 2019 | blog: all
No, you’re not technically writing, but creating “magazine poetry” is a good exercise to get you out of your own head. Experiencing writer’s block? Spread out, use new tools and muscles, find words that aren’t your own and claim them. Here’s a quick guide to magazine...
