Interview with Kevin Moffett
We are all very proud of the great work Deziree Brown, Paul Patane, Sophia Myerly, and Mariela Lemus put in to bring this interview to life and grateful for Kevin Moffett’s time and thoughtful answers to our questions.
Contributor Interview with Michael Ribbens
It’s hard to make time to write, especially as an upperclassman: responsibilities tend to pile up as classes get harder and the working world looms.
Contributor Interview with Ashley Belisle
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...
Contributor Interview with Zach Weber
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 Bear," in volume...
UNCLE JANICE by Matt Burgess, Reviewed by Cole Pentico
Uncle JaniceMatt BurgessDoubledayJanuary, 2015ISBN 0385536801288 pagesReviewed 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...
CITIZEN by Claudia Rankine, Reviewed by Deziree Brown
Citizen: An American Lyric Claudia RankineGraywolf PressOctober, 2014ISBN 1555976905169 pagesReviewed by Deziree Brown"I feel most colored when I am thrown against / a sharp white background" writes Claudia Rankine, quoting Zora Neale Hurston, in Rankine’s fifth...
The Susquehanna Review: The Best of Both Worlds, by Tamara Johnson
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...
Why Runestone? by Charles DuBois
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?...
What Makes Someone a “Writer?”, by Elizabeth Berge
As a creative writing student, I find that one of the hardest parts of writing is actually doing it—physically sitting down and writing something. The number of times I've promised myself that I'll start writing every day, and then broken that promise the very next...
A Shout-Out to Sci-Fi, by Andrew Brabeck
The best thing I have read recently was not written recently. It was published in January of 2012 by Daily Science Fiction, an online journal which publishes science fiction and fantasy shorts. The story, called “Visiting Planet Earth”, is a short story written by...
A Day In The Life: Writer’s Block, by Mariela Lemus
Your first thought: maybe today, maybe today will be the end. But as you fumble around under the comforter on your bed, fingers searching for the familiar ice-metal of your phone, you know. You just know. The writer’s block is still here. Of course, there are...
Lynda Barry is the Funk Queen of the Universe, by Elaine Kenny
Lynda Barry is not afraid to show herself on the page. Her alter-ego characters, like Marlys and the nearsighted sock monkey and Sea-Ma remind me of all the things we are to ourselves and the people in our lives. It’s a good reminder if you want to be the funk queen...
