{"id":36507,"date":"2024-11-01T12:11:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T19:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?page_id=36507"},"modified":"2025-04-24T23:59:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:59:36","slug":"interviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Interviews<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Conversations on Writing, Reading, and Culture<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Now Featuring: Mary Ruefle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“If you\u2019re going to dedicate your life to this, it\u2019s not easy. It\u2019s a challenge, and it\u2019s going to be difficult. Don\u2019t be afraid of the difficulty. Keep going. Above all, patience. Patience is what every writer needs, endless patience, because you only learn by doing, and it takes a lot of doing. You need patience. And if for any reason at all, you feel you one day want to stop and do something else, don\u2019t ever ever ever feel bad about that decision or ashamed
in some way because everything is ultimately connected. Your journey is unpredictable, and it may be that getting an MFA led you slowly in this other direction. And that\u2019s a beautiful thing too. Who knows? Nobody knows. I have encountered too many younger writers who were really frustrated and there were some who persisted and some who gave up and they both have meaningful lives. They have meaningful lives. One\u2019s not better than the other. Follow the dictates of your heart, and, remember, mind and heart are interchangeable.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available now in\u00a0<\/strong>Willow Springs 95<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the rest of\u00a0the interview here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Issue 95: Mary Ruefle<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 94: Carmen Maria Machado<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 92: Molly Giles<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 91: Brandon Hobson<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 90: A Conversation with Albert Goldbarth<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 89: A Conversation with Ada Lim\u00f3n<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 88: A Conversation With Kevin McIlvoy<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 87: An Interview with Willow Springs Cover Artist Alexis Trice<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 86: Ramona Ausubel: The Willow Springs Interview<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 87: A Talk with Jericho Brown<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 85: A Conversation With D. Nurkse<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 84: Rebecca Brown: The Willow Springs Interview<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 83: Maggie Smith: The Willow Springs Interview<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 81: A Conversation with Dan Chaon<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 81: A Conversation With Willow Springs Cover Artist Chris Bovey<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 82: A Conversation with Kim Barnes<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 81: A Conversation with Gary Copeland Lilley<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 80: A Conversation with Paisley Rekdal<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 79: A Conversation with Laura Kasischke<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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\"Emily<\/figure>\n\n

Issue 78: A Conversation with Emily ST. John Mandel<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 77: A Conversation with D.A. Powell<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 76: A Conversation with Kim Addonizio<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 75: A Conversation with William T. Vollmann<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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Issue 75: A Conversation with Cate Marvin<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

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