Featuring poetry and prose by Stacia Saint Owen, Blake Butler, Ray Amorosi, John Hodgen, and more. The issue also includes Heather Brittain Bergstrom’s “Slackwater,” winner of the 2009 Willow Springs Fiction Prize, and an interview with Mark Childress and Dorianne Laux.
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Poetry |
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| Clay Matthews | Homeowner’s Insurance |
| Job Talk | |
| John Hodgen | Witness |
| Todd Boss | Still We Like to Imagine |
| Weren’t You a Kid Once, O’Brien | |
| Ray Amorosi | What the Sea Grass Told Me |
| In the Fog in Massachusetts | |
| Stephanie Lenox | Strategic Plan for Mortals |
| Susan J. Allspaw | Crown of Bedrest |
| Denver Butson | drowning ghazal [I am absent] |
| drowning ghazal [then to return] | |
| Jeremy Voigt | John Brown’s Hanging |
| Dean Young | Anti-Ambition |
| Josiah Bancroft | The Canyon Hotel |
| Weston Cutter | Lucinda Williams vs. Weinerdogs |
Lists |
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| Blake Butler | Hair Loop |
| Word Count | |
Fiction |
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| Kim Chinquee | Labor |
| The Waves Were Low | |
| Goose | |
| Stacia Saint Owens | Viv Thraves Goes Missing |
| Marko Constans | Milk |
Willow Springs Fiction Prize |
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| Heather Brittain Bergstrom | Slackwater |
Interviews |
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| A Conversation with Mark Childress | |
| A Conversation with Dorianne Laux | |
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