{"id":35774,"date":"2005-09-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-01T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35774"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:39:41","slug":"willow-springs-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-56\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 56"},"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 56<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">Fall 2005<\/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-05ea7638\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f1427648 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>AARON DEROSA<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a9eaee57 gb-headline-text\">Sparrow Ethics<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-346472a1\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-57b456a5 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>JIM DANIELS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7189a0bf gb-headline-text\">Brain Freeze<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-210c8fa2\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3142e867 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>MICHAEL HEFFERNAN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e32db5c5 gb-headline-text\">Cofee and Profiteroles at the Nth Cafe<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f3409c05\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c3d9a40e gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>BETH COOLEY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d426bd2f gb-headline-text\">Nativity<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-071aaaa4\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d3ec3270 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>GEORGE LOONEY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-30673bf7 gb-headline-text\">The Burning Wheel Put Out by Its Own Turning<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b77e108d\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-9812fb19 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>MIGUEL MURPHY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-51ef6449 gb-headline-text\">Monologue of the Last Fear<br>Cherries&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6dd4c6ef\">\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f7a9ff33 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>DANIELLE HANSON<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8e72c535 gb-headline-text\">The bird eats a building<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f99aca5c\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1a97ebb7 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>MICHAEL VAN WALLEGHEN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-08d6e21c gb-headline-text\">Hand&nbsp;<br>Lucky Dreams<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-44a3d7d8\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8724dea3 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>BETH GYLYS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f447ff6b gb-headline-text\">Evensong<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e72799b6\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c0e85929 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong>ROBERT GREGORY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c3d6de82 gb-headline-text\">No Rain<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1dc21bc8\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ee60d763 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>RYAN G. VAN CLEAVE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-902a0ac3 gb-headline-text\">Loot<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-63c333b1\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c4c8b3bf gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>FRED YANNANTUONO<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b5f168eb gb-headline-text\">The Return of Madame La Hoya<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-940b69f2\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-397efeed gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>MARCO A DOM\u00cdNGUEZ<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-48e0292e gb-headline-text\">Quiet Swell<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-bff594f7\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8cee261c gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong>JOANNA OSBORNE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2c9f7c33 gb-headline-text\">Jackson Pollock\u2019s \u201cMoby Dick\u201d Digested Through Four Stomachs of a Cow<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5dce8322\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d7760403 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ED SKOOG&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-904f8b44 gb-headline-text\">Test Plate Displaying 12 Different Patterns, circa 1830, Eduard Honor\u00e9 Manufactory<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-86dda97c\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-39cfc789 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>A.J. RATHBUN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-29e3196c gb-headline-text\">The Heart\u2019s France Is Not Always Equal<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3a55125d\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-6a1cee91 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>SAMANTHA MINEO MYERS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-48a7f02f gb-headline-text\">After Giving Up Meat<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e522e7ce\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-27bf1986 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>D.S. BUTTERWORTH<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a1cb2085 gb-headline-text\">Ore<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a1a4d61c\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-28fab829 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DABID LEE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e5c1c0d3 gb-headline-text\">Cold\u2014Star\u2014Wind Sonata<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-14b8c25f gb-headline-text\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5ee29018\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7df0c787 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong>STACEY RICHTER<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a0922cb4 gb-headline-text\">The Land of Pain<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-99d7d879\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3bb84c47 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong>KIRSTEN SUNDBERG LUNSTRUM<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-af39ac9d gb-headline-text\">The Drowning<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9ff87cf8\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-edba7379 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong>GEORGE MCCORMIK<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-671683f1 gb-headline-text\">DC<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2405fc46 gb-headline-text\">Nonfiction<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6737c1a4\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-85f50d3b gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong>DAVID MCGLYNN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d4b4eb3a gb-headline-text\">Climb&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-79591bb1 gb-headline-text\">Vachel Lindsay Poetry Award<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-76339216\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-eee2270c gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>DAVID MCCOMBS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-87bf344a gb-headline-text\">Rosetti in 1869<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-72e1c919 gb-headline-text\">George Garret Fiction Award<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d6266b29\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-eee2270c gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>EMILY M. DANFORTH<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e6c9b2c3 gb-headline-text\">Everything That Much Harder<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a43854de gb-headline-text\">AWP Intro Award Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7debd395 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><em><strong>Poetry<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cbe48761\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7ec13375 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>MICHELE BATTISTE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-87d24024 gb-headline-text\">Like a Sine Curve<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b2bcbdf8 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><em><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b82bdf77\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-52521ac8 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>JOHN T. 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