Interview with Andrew Sposeto
From day one, my editorial board took ownership of both the experience and the product and shaped the discourse we had around creating this journal in some weird, conglomerate mold reflective of a group of very unique voices.
BONE MAP by Sara Eliza Johnson, Reviewed by Dan Schauer
Johnson accomplishes the surreal journey through these pages with language that tears through the skin and settles into the marrow. Her images and syntax crawl and inhabit the reader’s body.
SPLIT by Swati Avasthi, Reviewed by Charles DuBois
Avasthi takes the reader to the heart of the question and explores what it’s like to lose someone close; not just the pain that comes from the void they left behind, but also the additional weight of attention, pity and advice that bombards the survivor.
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...
