{"id":35781,"date":"2004-09-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-01T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35781"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:41:30","slug":"willow-springs-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 54"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Willow Springs 54<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2004<\/h2>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n
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ALISON STINE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swimmers<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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ROBERT WRIGLEY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simone
Ocean<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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GEORGE EKLUND<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a Sunday Sixteen Miles Deep in the Woods<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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A.J. RATHBUN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sufficiently Past Melancholy<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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SARAH BUSSE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Letter to Sylvia<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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EMMA HOWELL<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It Is the Morning of the Day of Bleach
Leading Me
Parallel Flight<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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WILLIAM OLSEN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
The Unspeakable Where
Loon
Winter Beginning with The Jerry Springer Show<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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MELISSA KWASNY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading Novalis in Montana<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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JOAMES GRABILL<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hieroglyphic under the Fir Trees<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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MARK DAWSON<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remembering Her<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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ANDRA SMITH-HANSEN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter Mill Yard
Last Shift<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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LANCE LARSEN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading Old Diary Entries<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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ADAM HAMMER<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Really Happened to Miami
The Quarterly Review Journal Review
Paul Jumps Every Day<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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JAMES DOYLE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bride, the Oyster, and the Singing Red Fish<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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DANEED BERGLAND<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Despair Becomes a Kind of Weather<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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BILL BOGART<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poor Dog<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Poetry in Translation<\/h2>\n\n\n
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EMPEROR LI YU <\/strong>(translated by FRANCIS BLESSINGTON<\/strong>)<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Prison<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n
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JESSE MURPHEE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amnesia<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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T.J. BEITELMAN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rumination<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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PETER MARKUS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Moon Is Girl\u2019s Heart
We Make Mud<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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MICHAEL MARTONE <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contributor\u2019s Note<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Vachel Lindsay Poetry Award<\/h2>\n\n\n
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ALISON STINE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kabul Lion<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

George Garret Fiction Award<\/h2>\n\n\n
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JOAN MICHAEL <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Establishing Witness <\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

AWP Intro Award Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Poetry<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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LAUREN GOLDSTEIN MICHAEL <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhythm and Numbers in a Florida Kitchen<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Nonfiction<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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PENELOPE SCHWARTZ ROBINSON<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Hands<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n
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MELANIE RAE THON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Willow Springs<\/em> 54 features poetry, prose, and translation by Emma Howell, Melissa Kwasny, Peter Markus, Emperor Li Yu, and more. The issue also includes Alison Stine\u2019s \u201cKabul Lion,\u201d winner of the 2004 Vachel Lindsay Poetry Award, Joan Michael\u2019s \u201cEstablishing Witness,\u201d winner of the 2004 George Garrett Fiction Award and an interview with Melanie Rae Thon.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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