{"id":35604,"date":"2012-03-02T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35604"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T02:48:23","slug":"willow-springs-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 70"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Willow Springs 70<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spring 2012<\/h2>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n
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ERIN BELIEU<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perfect<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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MICHAELA ESSL<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dear wind for limbs<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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AMORAK HUEY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Acrobat Bawls
The Strongman Goes Weak in the Knees
The Wife Surprises the Husband on Their Fifteenth Anniversary with a Pair of Tickets to the Matinee Performance of Cirque du So Long<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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LAURA KASISCHKE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Drinker
The First Trumpet
The Option<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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MELISSA KWASNY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Phenomenology of Fire<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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LAURIE LAMON<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pain Thinks of Beauty
Pain Thinks of Grief<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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AMY MILLER<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lady\u2019s-Slipper<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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KATHRYN NUERNBERGER<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saint-Girl Takes In Strays
The Book of Knowledge, the Experienced Farrier, &C. (1793)<\/em>as the Best of All Possible Worlds<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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CHRISTINA OLSON<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shackleton Thanks Elephant Island<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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LAURA READ<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When You Have Lived a Long Time in One Place<\/a>
Bureau<\/a>
People Don’t Die Anymore<\/a>
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ALEXANDRA TEAGUE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reclusion: Or, Sarah Winchester Responds to a Fellow Recluse<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Translation<\/h2>\n\n\n
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BA LING <\/strong>(translated by LIANG YUJING<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bellboys<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n
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ROXANE GAY<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the Womb<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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MIRANDA MCLEOD<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Schafer Gets Fit<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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JESS WALTER<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eating Human Flesh<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Nonfiction<\/h2>\n\n\n
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JULIALICIA CASE<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing Like Houses<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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DIANA JOSEPH<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Hating Scott Walker a Cure for Postpartum Depression?<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Willow Springs Fiction Prize<\/h2>\n\n\n
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KATHERINE CONNER<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Percipient<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n
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TIM O\u2019BRIEN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Willow Springs<\/em> 70 features poetry, prose, and translation by Alexandra Teague, Laura Read, Jess Walter, Julialicia Case, Ba Ling, and more. The issue also includes Katherine Conner\u2019s \u201cPercipient,\u201d winner of the 2012 Willow Springs Fiction Prize, and an interview with Tim O\u2019Brien.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order Issue 70<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n
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