by WaterStone Review | May 18, 2026 | featuredpost
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Sean Hill Your nonfiction pieces “To Be Born in the Briar Patch” and “A Father and Son Speak about the Painting A Desperate Stand by Charles M. Russell” appear in Volume 28 and complement each other thematically, both...
by WaterStone Review | May 15, 2026 | featuredpost
Water~Stone Farewell from Managing Editor Jenn Sisko It is with many emotions that I reach the end of my time at Water~Stone Review. While I look forward to the future, I will always hold a fond spot in my literary heart for the journal that taught me so much. My...
by WaterStone Review | May 11, 2026 | featuredpost
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—mychael zulauf Your poem, “yazoo-mississippi delta” appears in Volume 28. When did you start writing this poem? What inspired it? I wrote the poem in a single day on a recent-ish trip I took with my partner to New...
by WaterStone Review | May 5, 2026 | featuredpost
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jey Ley “Relume” is a beautiful poem that blends this idea of fireflies and relationships. Where did this idea stem from? Inspiration for the poem came from Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. I first learned about the...
by WaterStone Review | Apr 23, 2026 | featuredpost
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Amy Roa “Red Pine” is a beautifully creative poem in Volume 28 that details the melding of trees and octopus. Where did the inspiration for this poem come from? I wrote “Red Pine” during my time at the Bread Loaf...
by WaterStone Review | Sep 3, 2025 | featuredpost
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Jennifer Militello Your two poems, “Wax Self Portrait/” and “Wax Portrait of a Marriage/” are beautiful short prose pieces. What inspired you to write them? These two pieces are centered...
