by WaterStone Review | Jun 3, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Sasha (Oleksandra) Lavrenchuk Your poems, “Algae” (Algae untranslated) and “Babylon,” (Babylon untranslated) blend distinctly sharp images with emotion. How have you honed your writing and editing over the years...
by WaterStone Review | May 29, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Janée J. Baugher Your poem, “Andrew Wyeth’s Footnotes to Goodbye My Love 2008,” blends loss and love in a unique format. What inspired this poem from the painting of Wyeth’s? What made you choose the format of...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 23, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Sadie Dupuis What is the story behind your poem, “Most of Last Year and the Years Before It,” that appears in Volume 27? I wrote this poem in March 2024, in response to Philadelphia mayor Cherelle Parker’s ongoing...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 16, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—JC Talamantez Welcome back to Water~Stone! You had a piece last year, “Learning to Live With a Clockwork Orange,” in Volume 26. This year, your poem, “Half-Life of Krill,” puts oceanic and celestial imagery on...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 15, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Sam Stokley What was the spark behind your poem, “Ark/ee/awl/uh/gee,” that appears in Volume 27? The spark was an ancient, buried loneliness that hit me while I was at home on an average day. Other disabled people...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 9, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Amy Pence Your poem, “Red Oak, Black Oak” blends nature and family into a real family tree. Where did the inspiration for this piece come from? Thank you for these questions, Jenn. I wrote the poem looking out a...
