Willow Springs 52
June 2003
Poetry
THOMAS LUX
Birds Nailed to Trees
Boatloads of Mummies
Say You’re Breathing
The Late Ambassadorial Light
Peacocks in Twilight
LAWRENCE GOECKEL
The Stare of Drowned Statuary
GEORGE LOONEY
Gene Study Shows Whales are Close Relatives of Hippos
EMOKE PULAY
Hungarians in America
RUSSEL THORBURN
Winter Rides Her Bicycle Uphill
LESLIE ADRIENNE MILLER
To the Postmodernist or He Doesn’t Like [Truth]
DAVID ROMTVEDT
Science
JOHN HOGDEN
This Moon, These Fifty Years
Pre-Natal
Weaning
Outside the Coolawhatchie Blimpie Gas ‘N Go
PAULA BOHINCE
Eating Fish in Pittsburgh
A. J. RATHBUN
Matinee
ANGIE HOGAN
Bootleg
LIBBY WAGNER
After Arguing
Fiction
ROBERT OLMSTEAD
My Husband and Your Story
ANDER MONSON
Residue
MELVIN SI INNF
The Heart-Smart Diet
MICHAEL MARTONE
Contributor’s Note
Vachel Lindsay Poetry Award
MISTY HARPER
Splitting
George Garret Fiction Award
GARY FINCKE
Evolution: The Blazer Sestinii
Nonfiction in Translation
GUISEPPA ANTONIA MALLIMACI (translated by EDWARD VASTA)
The Lucky Ones
Interview
Willow Springs 52 features poetry, prose, and translation by Thomas Lux, John Hogden, Robert Olmstead, Guiseppa Antonia Mallimaci, and more. The issue also includes Misty Harper’s “Splitting,” winner of the 2003 Vachel Lindsay Poetry Award, Gary Fincke’s “Evolution: The Blazer Sestinii,” winner of the 2003 George Garrett Fiction Award and an interview with Phillip Lopate.
