Willow Springs 73

Willow Springs 73 features prose and poetry by Diana Joseph, Gary Copeland Lilley, Joseph Millar, and Stacey Richter. In an interview, Major Jackson discusses identity politics in poetry: “I think what we’re realizing is that there are not homogeneous kinds of experiences for ethnic and racial groups in America.” Joyce Carol Oates addresses the importance of maintaining a “roiling” conversation about women writers and women’s rights: “With abortion rights, people think a battle’s been won, but actually it hasn’t. It’s a ceaseless struggle even to have voting rights for people.”

Willow Springs publishes the finest in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as interviews with some of the most notable authors in contemporary literature, including Marilynne Robinson, Stuart Dybek, Aimee Bender, and Robert Bly. Founded in 1977 and published twice yearly, Willow Springs features two interviews per issue, as well as arresting essays, fiction, and poetry by a diverse variety of writers—from the unknown and up and coming, to U.S. Poet Laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners. An indispensable resource for writers and readers, Willow Springs engages its audience in an ongoing discussion of art, ideas, and what it means to be human.