Water~Stone Review is a literary annual published by The Creative Writing Programs at Hamline University in St. Paul, MNwaterstonereview.com St. Paul, MNJoined June 2013
Looking for your next read? Try a pick from Eva Song Margolis (V25, A Pantoum for Family)—Concealed Words by Sin Yong-Mok (whose work is also in V25!) and translated by Brother Anthony.
Concealed Words is published by @BlackOceanOrg.
blackocean.org/catalog1/conce…#poetry
Curious about what our authors read? 📖 Fugitive Atlas by Khaled Mattawa is a book of poems published by @GraywolfPress, and one that author Cole W. Williams (V25, "On Thelma & Louise") has read several times.
graywolfpress.org/books/fugitive…
Photo credit: Caroline Nitz, Karen Gu.
"I never judge my characters." -SF Scott
Don't miss our next interview this coming Tuesday, where we talk with Shannon Scott about her work in V25, "The Snow Maiden," and the genre of horror.
#horror#shortstory#fiction#interview
See what inspires or interests our contributors!
From Annie Trinh:
"I love how [Porter] plays with multiple points of view and structure."
Book published by @GraywolfPress
Photo credit: Caroline Nitz, Karen Gu.
Order your copy at bookshop.org/p/books/grief-…
Our second Weekly Ekphrastic Challenge is here! 🖼
This photo is by contributor Augusta Wood, titled "Family to go Through," and appeared in Volume 14 of Water~Stone.
Create a poem, CNF piece, or story inspired by the image; then share a line from your creation below!
"Understanding the past is the core of where dreams live."
-J. Jacquelin McLean
Our new contributor interview is here! 🌟 This week, we spoke with J. Jacqueline McLean about her work "Voting Day" in V25.
Read the interview here: waterstonereview.com/in-the-field-c…#interview#nonfiction
This Tuesday is the release of our next interview with author and journalist J. Jacqueline McLean, where we talk about her nonfiction piece in V25, "Voting Day."
#interviews#nonfiction
We're starting Weekly Ekphrastic Prompts to inspire our artists in every medium! Use the picture below as inspiration for writing or artwork. Keep your creation in your idea journal to nurture, or share a line below!
#ekphrastic#ekphrasticpoetry #writing#creativewriting
"It’s a desolate, dusty, mine-pocked landscape in Central Baja..."
Our new interview is here! This week, we talk with A. Muia about her work, "Dolores-Born-Without-Ears," and how place-based writing has been an inspiration for her.
#shortstorywaterstonereview.com/in-the-field-c…
Look at how we've grown! We're looking good at a quarter of a century. 😊
This summer, we're working away at V26 to add it to this gorgeous collection. 📚
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