Willow Springs 70
Spring 2012
Poetry
ERIN BELIEU
Perfect
MICHAELA ESSL
dear wind for limbs
AMORAK HUEY
The Acrobat Bawls
The Strongman Goes Weak in the Knees
The Wife Surprises the Husband on Their Fifteenth Anniversary with a Pair
of Tickets to the Matinee Performance of Cirque du So Long
LAURA KASISCHKE
The Drinker
The First Trumpet
The Option
MELISSA KWASNY
The Phenomenology of Fire
LAURIE LAMON
Pain Thinks of Beauty
Pain Thinks of Grief
AMY MILLER
Lady’s-Slipper
KATHRYN NUERNBERGER
The Saint-Girl Takes In Strays
The Book of Knowledge, the Experienced Farrier, &C. (1793)as the Best of All Possible Worlds
CHRISTINA OLSON
Shackleton Thanks Elephant Island
When You Have Lived a Long Time in One Place
ALEXANDRA TEAGUE
Reclusion: Or, Sarah Winchester Responds to a Fellow Recluse
Translation
BA LING (translated by LIANG YUJING)
Bellboys
Fiction
Nonfiction
DIANA JOSEPH
Is Hating Scott Walker a Cure for Postpartum Depression?
Willow Springs Fiction Prize
KATHERINE CONNER
Percipient
Interviews
Willow Springs 70 features poetry, prose, and translation by Alexandra Teague, Laura Read, Jess Walter, Julialicia Case, Ba Ling, and more. The issue also includes Katherine Conner’s “Percipient,” winner of the 2012 Willow Springs Fiction Prize, and an interview with Tim O’Brien.
