{"id":35786,"date":"2003-09-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-01T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35786"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:43:20","slug":"willow-springs-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-52\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 52"},"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 52<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">June 2003<\/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>THOMAS LUX<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a9eaee57 gb-headline-text\">Birds Nailed to Trees<br>Boatloads of Mummies&nbsp;<br>Say You\u2019re Breathing<br>The Late Ambassadorial Light<br>Peacocks in Twilight<\/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><strong><strong>LAWRENCE GOECKEL<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7189a0bf gb-headline-text\">The Stare of Drowned Statuary<\/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><strong><strong>GEORGE LOONEY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e32db5c5 gb-headline-text\">Gene Study Shows Whales are Close Relatives of Hippos<\/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><strong><strong>EMOKE PULAY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d426bd2f gb-headline-text\">Hungarians in America<\/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><strong><strong>RUSSEL THORBURN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-30673bf7 gb-headline-text\">Winter Rides Her Bicycle Uphill<\/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><strong><strong>LESLIE ADRIENNE MILLER<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-51ef6449 gb-headline-text\">To the Postmodernist or He Doesn\u2019t Like [Truth]<\/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><strong><strong>DAVID ROMTVEDT<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8e72c535 gb-headline-text\">Science<\/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><strong><strong>JOHN HOGDEN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-08d6e21c gb-headline-text\">This Moon, These Fifty Years&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Pre-Natal<br>Weaning<br>Outside the Coolawhatchie Blimpie Gas \u2018N Go<\/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><strong><strong>PAULA BOHINCE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f447ff6b gb-headline-text\">Eating Fish in Pittsburgh<\/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><strong><strong>A. J. RATHBUN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c3d6de82 gb-headline-text\">Matinee<\/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><strong><strong><strong>ANGIE HOGAN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-902a0ac3 gb-headline-text\">Bootleg<\/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><strong><strong>LIBBY WAGNER<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b5f168eb gb-headline-text\">After Arguing<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ab3dfce7 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><strong><strong>ROBERT OLMSTEAD<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a0922cb4 gb-headline-text\">My Husband and Your Story<\/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><strong><strong>ANDER MONSON<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-af39ac9d gb-headline-text\">Residue<\/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><strong><strong>MELVIN SI INNF<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-671683f1 gb-headline-text\">The Heart-Smart Diet<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-61e7d12c\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-5f94ab19 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>MICHAEL MARTONE&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e73afbf9 gb-headline-text\">Contributor\u2019s Note<\/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><strong><strong>MISTY HARPER<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-87bf344a gb-headline-text\">Splitting<\/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-659acc9d\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c76fc1c0 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>GARY FINCKE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-bc8fffb5 gb-headline-text\">Evolution: The Blazer Sestinii<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a43854de gb-headline-text\">Nonfiction in Translation<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-fe79c7e7\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-282e113c gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>GUISEPPA ANTONIA MALLIMACI&nbsp;<\/strong>(translated by&nbsp;<strong>EDWARD VASTA<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2c2aea7f gb-headline-text\">The Lucky Ones<\/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\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/issue-52-a-conversation-with-phillip-lopate\/\">PHILLIP LOPATE<\/a><\/strong><\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2021\/09\/issue52.gif\" alt=\"Willow Springs issue 52\" class=\"wp-image-1101\" style=\"width:200px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Willow Springs<\/em>&nbsp;52 features poetry, prose, and translation by Thomas Lux, John Hogden, Robert Olmstead, Guiseppa Antonia Mallimaci, and more. 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