Water~Stone Review

Water~Stone Review is a literary annual published by The Creative Writing Programs at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN

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In anticipation of V26, get a jump on reading the incredible poetry books Stan Rubin reviewed this year:

Paradise by @victoria_redel (@FourWayBooks)
Above Ground by @ClintSmithIII (@littlebrown)
Decade of the Brain by @ninejoseph (@AliceJamesBooks)

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Sneak preview of what's to come! Excuse us while we work some magic on the production of V26. 🔥🔥🔥

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@m_garrigan We loved your poem!

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✨We're here with another interview!✨

Read what Jennifer Huang, author of "Shoreline" in V25 has to say about their poetry, craft, food advocacy, and more.

#poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #creativewriting

https://t.co/EZC2e2IPIr

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Get your copy here: https://t.co/x6fZIVUyt8

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Mark your calendars!

WSR V24 contributor and Hamline alumnus Gen del Raye will be reading from his new work,🌟boundless deep & other stories,🌟in conversation with Hamline faculty Sun Yung Shin.

Saturday Sept. 16
7 PM
Eat My Words Bookstore
214 13th Ave NE Minneapolis, MN

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@nadiaborn @nadiaborn We were thrilled to interview you!

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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.

https://t.co/1j3BfXykqQ

#poetry

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"I always come back to flash to capture those tiny-sized weirdos."

Our next In The Field interview is here! Read what Nadia Born has to say about her piece, "The Swimming Lesson," and flash fiction.

#flashfiction #fiction #creativewriting #writing

https://t.co/MhFIwwdmuF

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It's almost time for another interview! This Tuesday, we talk with Nadia Born about her piece "The Swimming Lesson," and her take on flash fiction.

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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.

https://t.co/uSdztYHTbz
Photo credit: Caroline Nitz, Karen Gu.

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🌟Read our latest interview with Korean poet Hwang Yuwon where we talk about his inspiration for "Dark and Clear Sleep" and the craft of writing poetry.🌟

Read the interview on our blog: https://t.co/VNPlYewdw4

#poetry #creativewriting #writing #poems

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Congrats to Juliet Patterson for being selected as one of the Loft's nonfiction mentors this year!

Juliet is our V26 contributing creative nonfiction editor. Read an interview with her here: https://t.co/LCxY0sxNRR

#writing #nonfiction #creativenonfiction #creativewriting

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@MaureenTAitken We loved your weird little piece! 🙂

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Our interview with @MaureenTAitken is here! Read what she has to say about the craft of flash, loss, and her V25 piece, "Mushrooms."

#flashfiction #fiction #writing #creativewriting

https://t.co/EVsUwatWef

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"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

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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 https://t.co/HNvETLX5ky

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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!

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"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: https://t.co/H5FPnhVGT3

#interview #nonfiction

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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