{"id":35612,"date":"2011-09-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35612"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T02:49:18","slug":"willow-springs-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-68\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 68"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-20480d7d\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-0e913d0d\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-678e88ff\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-a110a6a5\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a110a6a5\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-91f67aad gb-headline-text\">Willow Springs 68<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">Fall&nbsp;2011<\/h2>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-726d3561\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d4c309d1\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-01d77f0e\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-cc64d6f0\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cc64d6f0\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c4cd79db gb-headline-text\">Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-aea9f5e5\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-597187a6 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>RAY AMOROSI<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b1197c64 gb-headline-text\">Only Silence&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-36938d31\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-89b19466 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/jan-beatty\/\"><strong>JAN BEATTY<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-05690237 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/american-revolver-by-jan-beatty\/\">American Revolver<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d6ba6bca\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e770de3b gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DEXTER L. BOOTH<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3b7ae033 gb-headline-text\">Moon Building<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8a44bab9\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a4ff6442 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>BEVERLY BURCH<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0efdc2db gb-headline-text\">Describe how a&nbsp;<em>mirage<\/em>&nbsp;works<br>Compare\/contrast melancholia and nostalgia<br>Consider filial piety<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4ff031b8\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a39174 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>STACIE CASSARINO<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-659a6591 gb-headline-text\">Song for the Unborn Mother<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-292cd0a2\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a1fd9d3e gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>GEORGE DAVID CLARK<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-dbda367f gb-headline-text\">Reveille in Red<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-52e9847b\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c231a354 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/matthew-dickman\/\"><strong>MATTHEW DICKMAN<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-73285572 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/two-poems-by-matthew-dickman\/\">Dog<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/two-poems-by-matthew-dickman\/\">Halcion<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ad505917\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c5426337 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>BECKIAN FRITZ GOLDBERG<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f73d0832 gb-headline-text\">The American Fact<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-384e283d\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-fe3bc5d1 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>SUSAN MAEDER<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8440744a gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/blue-on-blue-by-susan-maeder\/\">Blue on Blue<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-eac94003\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0025dbfc gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ELLISABETH 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gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/nance-van-winckel\/\"><strong>NANCE VAN WINCKEL<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-56146784 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/four-poems-by-nance-van-winckel\/\">\u201cOutlaw Mentality\u201d<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/four-poems-by-nance-van-winckel\/\">Alive at the End of the World<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/four-poems-by-nance-van-winckel\/\">Because B<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/four-poems-by-nance-van-winckel\/\">Last Address<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d27986ad gb-headline-text\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-245bbf07\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-88de6f3a gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/claire-beams\/\"><strong>CLARE BEAMS<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c354b925 gb-headline-text\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; line-height: 0.2; white-space-collapse: collapse;\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/hourglass-by-clare-beams\/\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\">Hourglass<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-638d7a79\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-81fb5e44 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/kirsten-sundberg-lunstrum\/\"><strong>KIRSTEN SUNDBERG LUNSTRUM<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3b0729d6 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/the-remainder-salvaged-by-kirsten-sundberg\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"36306\">The Remainder Salvaged<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-340dcc94 gb-headline-text\">Willow Springs Fiction Prize<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-44600ae8\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1133dc6b gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>SARAH HULSE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-959fba05 gb-headline-text\"><em>Sine Die<\/em><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-4720616b gb-headline-text\">Nonfiction<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8eec8a85\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b02d77e3 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/jill-christman\/\"><strong>JILL CHRISTMAN<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ddc3d3df gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/bad-girls-by-jill-christman\/\">Bird Girls<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-519a9e19 gb-headline-text\">Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4d026dc9\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c198609a gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/issue-68-a-conversation-with-richard-russo\/\"><strong>RICHARD RUSSO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-496a3297\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-496a3297\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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