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Mitch Wieland

Mitch Wieland is the author of a novel, Willy Slater’s Lane (SMU Press, 1996). His stories have appeared in Sewanee Review, Witness, Northwest Review, and other
publications. He teaches in the M.F.A. program at Boise State University, where he edits the Idaho Review.

Fiction

Spring 2003

Swan’s Song

By Mitch Wieland

When Rilla heads to Jackpot to bail out her son, freedom’s thrill doesn’t hit Ferrell Swan. Though Rilla is his ex, they’ve just wintered as wife and man in his […]