by WaterStone Review | Jul 22, 2019 | blog: all
1. Tell us about your poem, “Landmannalaugar,” in Volume 21. How did it come to be? When I was in college, I spent a week in Iceland as part of a study abroad program through my conservative Christian university. Our guides took us to this beautiful, remote hot spring...
by WaterStone Review | Jul 8, 2019 | blog: all
1. Tell us about your poem in Volume 21, “Necropsy.” How did it come to be? This poem came about from reminiscing about a class I took in undergrad. I got my bachelors in Animal Science and the coursework included taking a class called Equine Science. Part of the...
by WaterStone Review | Jun 25, 2019 | blog: all
In a break from our normal protocol, we present this special In The Field featuring Elaine Ford. WSR published Ford’s piece “Briggate” posthumously, as submitted for consideration by her husband Arthur Boatin. In the following Q&A, Arthur has...
by WaterStone Review | Jun 19, 2019 | blog: all
1. Tell us about your poem in Volume 21, “Panels from a Celestial Autumn.” How did it come to be? It’s an invented form where each section or ‘panel’, as in a polyptych in painting is a separate voice but the sections hang together as part of a larger whole. I began...
by WaterStone Review | Jun 12, 2019 | blog: all
1. Tell us about your CNF piece, “Preserves,” in Volume 21. How did it come to be? Structurally, “Preserves” tells the true story of my experience learning to preserve food through canning. That straightforward narrative arc serves as a container to hold less...
by WSR Assistant | Jun 6, 2019 | blog: all
For over twenty years, Water~Stone Review has been a collaborative passion project of students, faculty, and staff. While it is a staff member who holds the position of managing editor (Meghan Maloney-Vinz), and esteemed faculty (Katrina Vandenberg, Patricia Weaver...
