by WSR Editor | Nov 8, 2016 | blog: all
Brief note from the managing editor: For this week’s blog post, we feature Shelia O’Connor’s thoughts on 2016 WSR Fiction Prize winner, Saba Waheed’s piece “World Cup”. Ms. Waheed will be joining us on Friday for our Annual Reading...
by meghan maloney-vinz | Sep 7, 2016 | blog: all
While the inevitable scroll of first day school photos are infiltrating my Facebook feed, I am a woman still straddling the gap between these seasons. One child already well into her first month of a year-round middle school and a barnacle of a boy attached to my...
by WSR Assistant | Aug 8, 2016 | blog: all
At the center of Buntrock Commons on St. Olaf College, there is a memorial. It is a lovely wood tower with a huge wind chime. It is a magnificent structure made all the more meaningful by what it represents. The memorial is for the students that pass on while...
by WSR Assistant | Jul 7, 2016 | blog: all
Here in Saint Paul, MN we’ve just weathered a storm. On Tuesday, July 5, a fast moving, surprising thunderstorm hit. It changed the blue sky to black and whipped the trees with a vicious wind. My little house is on high ground. We overlook a small, triangular park and...
by WSR Assistant | May 25, 2016 | blog: all
I’m Chelsea, a second-year MFA student here at Hamline. Months after graduating from Central Michigan University, I packed up my bags and moved 700 miles away from home. I was a 22 year old with big dreams, no job, little knowledge of the Twin Cities. Flash forward...
by WaterStone Review | May 12, 2016 | blog: all
Here’s what judge, Nami Mun had to say about winner Saba Waheed’s piece, “World Cup”: “When I finished reading “World Cup,” I immediately wanted to read it again. I wanted to see how the writer, in only a few pages, got me to think...
