by WaterStone Review | Feb 25, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field—Conversations With Our Contributors: Christopher Gaumer It’s always wonderful to have a graduate of our MFA program in Water~Stone! What sparked the creation of your poem, “On a Farm in Iowa?” Hi, Jenn! It’s wonderful to be close to Hamline again through...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 11, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Davi Gray Your poem, “Caravan of Wounds,” crafts a dramatic setting and builds a world where pain and injury are clearly visible. Where did the inspiration for this piece come from? I have consumed a lot of...
by WaterStone Review | Feb 4, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Samantha M. Sorenson Your work, “How to Eat an Elephant” creatively blends the idea of consuming both information and food. Can you talk about what sparked you to write this piece? The journey of writing “How to Eat an...
by WaterStone Review | Jan 29, 2025 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Albert Abonado Your two poems, “Romance” and “Beatitude for an Inventory of Roadkill,” are beautiful works of reclamation and loss. Where did the creation of “Romance” start? I spend my summers helping out at my...
by WaterStone Review | Nov 18, 2024 | blog: all
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—MICHAEL CHANG Your poem, “Orchestra Maneuvers in the Dark,” creates an overlapping conversation and giving of information. Where did the inspiration for this poem come from? The starting point for all of my work...
by WaterStone Review | Nov 14, 2024 | blog: all
A Conversation with Joni Tevis—WSR Contributing Nonfiction Editor Water~Stone Review is a collaborative project of students, faculty, and staff at Hamline University Creative Writing Programs. In addition to working with our faculty, and to fulfill a larger initiative...