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  • Summer 2026

    The Summer 2026 issue, edited by Justin Torres, features poetry and prose by Yahya Ashour, Kesiena Boom, Angie Cruz, Blue Fay, Fred D’Aguiar, Alix Ohlin, Sarah Tindal Kareem, and Mai Der Vang. Cover art by Megan Ellen MacDonald.

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The Archive is Queer: A Ploughshares Retrospective

Exploring LGBTQIA+ love poems in the Ploughshares archive and drawing from our June 26th Celebration of Love reading, Senior Reader Kit Freeman’s PS essay emphasizes the importance of queer ancestry and queer visibility in contemporary literary journals.

A Celebration of Love

On June 26, 2026, Ploughshares hosted a reading and celebration of LGBTQIA+ love poems published in the journal, featuring readings from Kelli Russell Agodon, Chen Chen, Eileen Myles, Jacques J. Rancourt, Jaz Sufi, and Mark Wunderlich. The event was co-hosted by Ploughshares‘ Editor-in-Chief Jenny Molberg and Senior Reader Kit Freeman.

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Free Content: Alpay Ulku

Read Alpay Ulku’s poem, “A Love Note,” from the Spring 2026 issue of Ploughshares.

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Guest Editor Spotlight: Stewart O’Nan

Read prose edited by Stewart O’Nan, Guest Editor of the Summer 2017 issue of Ploughshares.

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