August 31, 2018
Emergency Instructions
Emergency Instructions
by R.M. Cooper
Originally published in Willow Springs…
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June 15, 2018
When’s My Luck Gonna Change
When’s My Luck Gonna Change
by Rob Carney
Originally published in Willow Springs 82…
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June 14, 2018
Second Molars
Second Molars
by Bailey Gaylin Moore
Originally published in Willow Springs 82…
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June 14, 2018
Neurosurgery Sonata
Neurosurgery Sonata
by Brooke Matson
Originally published in Willow Springs 82…
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Prose, Poetry,
and Profile Archive
November 6, 2018
Mrs. Max Siegel’s Rules for Jewish Women
Mrs. Max Siegel’s Rules for Jewish Women
by Stacey Richter
Originally published in Willow Springs…
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October 17, 2018
He Was a Hell of a Cat
He Was a Hell of a Cat
by Kathlene Postma
Originally published in Willow Springs 69…
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October 5, 2018
Texture of the Soul
Texture of the Soul
by Melissa Kwasny
Originally published in Willow Springs…
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February 12, 2018
Rapunzel w/ Head Half-Shaved
Rapunzel w/ Head Half-Shaved
by Canese Jarboe
Originally published in Willow Springs 81…
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February 12, 2018
The Vinyl Canal
The Vinyl Canal
by Robert Long Foreman
Originally published in Willow Springs 81…
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January 22, 2018
Letters to Jim Harrison
Letters to Jim Harrison
by Sean Lovelace
Originally published in Willow Springs 81…
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January 22, 2018
Saturday Night Special
Saturday Night Special
by J. Stillwell Powers
Originally published in Willow Springs 81…
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September 12, 2017
Speak, Fetch, Say I Love You
Speak, Fetch, Say I Love You
by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Originally published in Willow Springs 80…
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July 13, 2017
A Prayer to Cathy McMorris Rodgers for the Preservation of My Health Insurance
A Prayer to Cathy McMorris Rodgers for the Preservation of My Health Insurance
by Kate Lebo
Originally published in Willow Springs 80…
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July 13, 2017
Comfort on the Death of an Ancient Oak
Comfort on the Death of an Ancient Oak
by Carolyn Williams-Noren
Originally published in Willow Springs 80…
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July 13, 2017
When I Am a Teenage Boy
When I Am a Teenage Boy
by Erin Belieu
Originally published in Willow Springs 80…
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February 17, 2017
The Pleasure of Ruin
The Pleasure of Ruin
by Maya Jewell Zeller
Originally published in Willow Springs 79…
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January 19, 2017
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Sunday Morning Coming Down
by Jessie van Eerden
Originally published in Willow Springs 79…
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September 26, 2016
The bird eats a building
The bird eats a building
by Danielle Hanson
Photo Credit: daniellejhanson.com
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June 28, 2016
My Father’s Recitation
My Father’s Recitation
by Steve Coughlin
Originally published in Willow Springs 78…
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June 28, 2016
Dear Mistress
Dear Mistress
by Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
Originally published in Willow Springs 78…
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June 15, 2016
Soup Bone and Juniper Tree
Soup Bone and Juniper Tree
by Bethany Schultz Hurst
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June 15, 2016
Two Space Poems
Two Space Poems
by Jessica Rae Bergamino
Originally published in Willow Springs…
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April 27, 2016
Open Your Windows in Welcome
Open Your Windows in Welcome
by Paige Lewis
Originally published in Willow Springs 77…
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September 10, 2015
Four Stories
Four Stories
by J. Robert Lennon
Originally published in Willow Springs…
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August 7, 2015
The Ben Lerner Poems
The Ben Lerner Poems
by Devin Becker
Originally published in Willow Springs…
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July 11, 2015
Call It a Map
Call It a Map
by Carissa Halston
Winner of 2015 Willow Springs Fiction Prize…
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February 12, 2015
The Saint Girl Opens the Window and Closes It as She Pleases
The Saint Girl Opens the Window and Closes It as She Pleases
by Kathryn Nuernberger
Originally published in Willow Springs 76…
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October 13, 2014
Harvesting Crows
Harvesting Crows
by Doris Lynch
Originally published in Willow Springs 74…
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October 9, 2014
Transcontinental
Transcontinental
by Alexandra Teague
Originally published in Willow Springs…
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September 8, 2014
Schematic
Schematic
by Genevieve Plunkett
Originally published in Willow Springs 77 From…
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July 14, 2014
Honeymoon Bandits
Honeymoon Bandits
by Nick Fuller Googins
Originally published in Willow Springs…
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April 14, 2014
The Putting Down of the Mint Julep
The Putting Down of the Mint Julep
by Matthew Gavin Frank
Originally published in Willow Springs 73…
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March 13, 2014
How Long This Drought Will Last
How Long This Drought Will Last
by Carrie Shipers
Originally published in Willow Springs 73…
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March 10, 2014
Tobacco Road & A Proper Elegy for
Tobacco Road & A Proper Elegy for
My Father
by Gary Copeland Lilley
Originally published in Willow Springs 73…
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October 4, 2013
The Man with the Nightmare Gun
The Man with the Nightmare Gun
by Robert Long Foreman
Originally published in Willow Springs 72…
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April 8, 2013
Night Prayer of a Woman Living Alone
Night Prayer of a Woman Living Alone
by Meggie Monahan
Originally published in Willow Springs…
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November 13, 2012
How to Say, “I Was Scared of Fire as a Kid”
How to Say, “I Was Scared of Fire as a Kid”
by Michael Martin Shea
Originally published in Willow Springs 69…
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April 7, 2012
Mrs. Schafer Gets Fit
Mrs. Schafer Gets Fit
by Miranda McLeod
Originally published in Willow Springs…
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April 2, 2012
Growing Like Houses
Growing Like Houses
by Julialicia Case
Originally published in Willow Springs…
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March 1, 2012
Homage for Levis by Paisley Rekdal
Originally published in Willow Springs 69…
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December 24, 2011
Four Poems
Four Poems
by Nance Van Winckel
Originally published in Willow Springs 68…
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October 30, 2011
American Revolver
American Revolver
by Jan Beatty
Originally published in Willow Springs 68…
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September 11, 2011
The Drowning
The Drowning
Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
Originally published in Willow Springs 68…
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October 14, 2010
Improbable Wings
Improbable Wings
by Katrina Roberts
Originally published in Willow Springs 66…
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October 13, 2010
What We’re Sure Of
What We’re Sure Of
by Brandi Reissenweber
Originally published in Willow Springs 66…
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October 7, 2010
Self-Portrait as Sycamore in Copper & Pearl by Kathy Fagan
Originally published in Willow Springs 66…
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September 2, 2010
International Cooking for Beginners
International Cooking for Beginners
by Katie Cortese
Originally published in Willow Springs 66…
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July 24, 2010
Color by Numbers
Color by Numbers
by Stacia Saint Owens
Originally published in Willow Springs 66…
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April 7, 2010
Bullets Going Through Objects in Slow Motion
Bullets Going Through Objects in Slow Motion
by Diana Joseph
From the author Notes on…
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September 24, 2009
The Waves Were Low
The Waves Were Low
by Kim Chinquee
Originally published in Willow Springs 64…
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