by Runestone Assistant | Nov 30, 2015
It is snowing today in St. Paul—the first real snow of the season—and time for our second contributor interview. Today, we are talking with Ashley Belisle, who kindly allowed us to publish her fantastic short story, Up in Smoke, in volume one.First question: How do...
by Runestone Assistant | Nov 23, 2015
It’s time for a new feature here on the blog. Now that it’s submission season at Runestone again, we thought it would be nice to hear from our previous contributors.First up is Zach Weber, who allowed us to publish his simply elegant poem, “Teddy...
by RS Admin | Aug 31, 2015
Uncle JaniceMatt BurgessDoubledayJanuary, 2015ISBN 0385536801288 pages Reviewed by Cole PenticoIn his new novel, Uncle Janice, Matt Burgess depicts the life of an undercover cop in New York. Burgess creates a complex character in 24-year-old Janice Itwaru, as well as...
by RS Admin | Aug 25, 2015
Citizen: An American Lyric Claudia RankineGraywolf PressOctober, 2014ISBN 1555976905169 pages Reviewed by Deziree Brown”I feel most colored when I am thrown against / a sharp white background” writes Claudia Rankine, quoting Zora Neale Hurston, in...
by RS Admin | Jul 15, 2015
Throughout working on the editorial board of Runestone, my interest has opened up to other undergraduate publications across the country. While the search was fun and gave me many websites to many university’s publications, I had to stop when I reached one of my...
by RS Admin | Jul 13, 2015
Before we begin I think it would be beneficial to address certain subjects, delve a bit into some particular words to try and find the meaning—or at least a meaning—for what we’re about to get in to. Yeah, I’m talking about Runestone. But what is a Runestone exactly?...
