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...
by WaterStone Review | Jan 27, 2020 | blog: all
In the Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Alexander Zitzner Tell us about your poem “Some Exorcisms That Lead Away from Forgetting” in Volume 22. How did it come to be? I have two memories of this poem in its early stages. One being that I was able to...
by WaterStone Review | Jan 13, 2020 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–G.Bernhard Smith Tell us about your fiction piece “Bliss” in Volume 22. How did it come to be? I have friends who own a boat. It is docked near the Raspberry Island Bandshell, a spot where many outdoor weddings...
by WaterStone Review | Dec 30, 2019 | blog: all
Tell us about your poem “My Black Boy Dead” in Volume 22. How did it come to be? “My Black Boy Dead” emerged from a kind of haunting. Although the poem resonates with recent anti-black violence, it came from a state of emergency in my youth. I grew up in Detroit...
by WaterStone Review | Dec 16, 2019 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors–Cherene Sherrard Tell us about your CNF piece “Isle of Refuge” in Volume 22. How did it come to be? A few years ago, I was in Bermuda over spring break researching the life of Mary Prince, an abolitionist from...
by WaterStone Review | Dec 3, 2019 | blog: all
1. Tell us about your fiction piece “Jim” in Volume 22. How did it come to be? I had a short story collection that was evolving for years and finally it evolved into a cesspool of a novel. I knew it was, and so I ended up revising it, but that’s one of the pieces...
