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Winter 1985

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Guest Editor

Stratis Haviaras

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International Writing Issue

An issue of Ploughshares from Winter 1985, guest-edited by Stratis Haviaras. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.

This classic issue, guest-edited by poet Stratis Haviaras, features international writing by a number of world masters, including Italo Calvino, Primo Levi, Graham Greene, and Seamus Heaney, with art by Paul Hannigan. It also contains translations of work by Anna Akhmatova, Naguib Mahfouz, Andre Breton, C. P. Cavafy, and many other brilliant writers, past and present, from around the globe.

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ISBN	0933277806
Issue Number	38
Title	Winter 1985 Vol. 11.4
Volume	11/4
Publication Date	December 30, 1985
Decade	1980s
Product Type	Digital, Print

Contributor's Notes
- Contributors’ Notes
  
  Staff
Drama
- Two Scenes from Phaedra
  
  Jean Baptiste Racine
- The Testimony Of Jacques Rigaut
  
  Jacques Rigaut
Fiction
- from Internal War (a novel)
  
  Volodia Teitelboim
- Fatima and Jamila
  
  Sonia Coutinho
- Suddenly One Summer
  
  Silvio Fiorani
- Five Tales from Alleyways
  
  Naguib Mahfouz
- A Letter from the Sahara
  
  Italo Calvino
Introduction
- Advertisement
  
  Stratis Haviaras
Nonfiction
- A Weed Among the Flowers
  
  Graham Greene
- An Open Invitation to Extra-terrestrials
  
  Sven Birkerts
- Theological Explanations
  
  Robert Nozick
- Aphorisms and Observations
  
  Friedrich Hebbel
- Translator’s Preface: Wei Chuang
  
  Robin D.S. Yates
- Notes on Poetics and Ethics
  
  C. P. Cavafy
- Translator’s Preface: Two Scenes from Phaedra
  
  Richard Wilbur
- from A Poet’s Journal: Days of 1925-1931
  
  George Seferis
- The Habit of Affection
  
  Michael Milburn
- From Six Nights on the Acropolis
  
  George Seferis
Poetry
- Night Thoughts at Chang Terrace
  
  Wei Chuang
- Recording Events In The Village Where I Live
  
  Wei Chuang
- Refusing Wine, I Leave My Mat
  
  Wei Chuang
- Plucking Out White Hairs
  
  Wei Chuang
- Composed By The Ferry At Night Over The Chien-ch’ang River
  
  Wei Chuang
- Remembering My Daughter Silver Maid (Ah Yin)
  
  Wei Chuang
- Withering
  
  Wei Chuang
- Mourning At The Strings Of My Concubine, Miss Yang’s Zither
  
  Wei Chuang
- Recording Events
  
  Wei Chuang
- Time as Seen From Above
  
  Nicolai Kantchev
- Birthplace
  
  Nicolai Kantchev
- The Future
  
  Nicolai Kantchev
- Little Girls Riding Bikes on the Sidewalk
  
  Stein Mehren
- Mythos
  
  Kirsti Simonsuuri
- Tune: Echoing Heaven’s Everlastingness No.1
  
  Wei Chuang
- Tune: Raise The Cup. No. 1
  
  Wei Chuang
- Tune: Raise The Cup. No. 2
  
  Wei Chuang
- Tune: Song Of An Immortal. No. 2
  
  Wei Chuang
- Tune: Song Of Waterclock At Night
  
  Wei Chuang
- Once More
  
  Istvan Vas
- The Lion
  
  Istvan Vas
- The Technique
  
  Ottó Orbán
- The Christmas Of Long Walks
  
  Deszö Tandori
- A Blade of Grass
  
  Ottó Orbán
- Introduction to the Beyond
  
  Blaga Dimitrova
- Puzzle
  
  Nicolai Kantchev
- Proof
  
  Nicolai Kantchev
- The Forgotten Commander
  
  Tomas Transtromer
- The Post Office
  
  Henrik Nordbrandt
- Nine Poems
  
  Sophia De Mello Breyner Andresen
- The Cry
  
  Stein Mehren
- Ghazal 10
  
  Hafiz
- Ode to an Old Wine
  
  Henrik Nordbrandt
- Albert Camus
  
  Kirsti Simonsuuri
- Ghazal 24
  
  Hafiz
- Ghazal 26
  
  Hafiz
- Ghazal 42
  
  Hafiz
- On the Summer Goddess who Should Be Nameless
  
  Alan Dugan
- Veneranda
  
  Yves Bonnefoy
- Delphi the Second Day
  
  Yves Bonnefoy
- The Ravine
  
  Yves Bonnefoy
- The Iron Bridge
  
  Yves Bonnefoy
- A Voice
  
  Yves Bonnefoy
- Rumor Has It
  
  Ryszard Krynicki
- By Saying
  
  Ryszard Krynicki
- The Answer
  
  Ryszard Krynicki
- This Moment
  
  Ryszard Krynicki
- The Heart
  
  Ryszard Krynicki
- How Far
  
  Ryszard Krynicki
- I’ll Remember That
  
  Ryszard Krynicki
- If It Comes To Pass
  
  Ryszard Krynicki
- Inscription On A China Dish
  
  Ryszard Krynicki
- The Time of Trial
  
  Ryszard Krynicki
- Melancholia
  
  Georg Trakl
- Meeting
  
  Miriam Oren
- Childhood Has Ended
  
  Naum Korzhavin
- Adam
  
  Evgeny Vinokurov
- Zh. 113
  
  Anna Akhmatova
- Zh. 234
  
  Anna Akhmatova
- Zh. 244
  
  Anna Akhmatova
- Zh. 255
  
  Anna Akhmatova
- Zh. 290 Apparition
  
  Anna Akhmatova
- Eight Fabliettes
  
  Eugene Guillevic
- The Beautiful Summer
  
  Yves Bonnefoy
- Around Town
  
  Jacques Rigaut
- On the Road to San Romano
  
  Andre Breton
- The Adventures of a Poor Young Man
  
  Jacques Rigaut
- Six Bits
  
  James Merrill
- Atlantis
  
  Stanislaw Baranczak
- History
  
  Stanislaw Baranczak
- Clearance Sale
  
  Gunther Grass
- Grodek
  
  Georg Trakl
- Air
  
  Karl Krolow
- Stranger’s Hand in Your Pocket
  
  Karl Krolow
- People on the Move
  
  Karl Krolow
- In Flight
  
  Karl Krolow
- Poems From A 1984 Diary
  
  Abraham Sutskever
- Les Enfants du R.P.G. (Rocket-Propelled Grenade)
  
  Rami Ditzani
- From West Beirut
  
  Rami Ditzani
- To the Translator
  
  Vyacheslav Ivanov
- Give Me Back My Rags
  
  Vasko Popa
- Mock Translation from the Greek
  
  Alan Dugan
- Deep Blue
  
  Odysseus Elytis
- Violet
  
  Odysseus Elytis
- The Garden Was Entering The Sea
  
  Odysseus Elytis
- Paper Poems (From third Series)
  
  Yannis Ritsos
- Ripe
  
  Caroline Bock
- Unfinished Business
  
  Primo Levi
- The Ballad of the Bullets
  
  Seamus Heaney
- Chess I
  
  Primo Levi
- Chess II
  
  Primo Levi
- Cuttlefish Bones
  
  Eugenio Montale
- You, Wind Of March
  
  Cesare Pavese
- The Night You Slept
  
  Cesare Pavese
- Anniversary with Agaves
  
  Margherita Guidacci
- Greeting
  
  Rocco Scotellaro
- The Catherine-Wheels
  
  Rocco Scotellaro
- Asia
  
  Raymond Carver
- An Afternoon
  
  Raymond Carver
- Cadillacs and Poetry
  
  Raymond Carver
- This Morning
  
  Raymond Carver
- Union Street: San Francisco Summer 1975
  
  Raymond Carver
- Vigil
  
  Raymond Carver
- Skeletons
  
  Miroslav Holub
- Spacetime
  
  Miroslav Holub
- To Be A Poet
  
  Jaroslav Seifert
- View From Charles Bridge
  
  Jaroslav Seifert
- Nocturnal Divertimento
  
  Jaroslav Seifert

Winter 1985

Guest Editor

Description

Additional information

Contributor's Notes

Contributors’ Notes

Drama

Two Scenes from Phaedra

The Testimony Of Jacques Rigaut

Fiction

from Internal War (a novel)

Fatima and Jamila

Suddenly One Summer

Five Tales from Alleyways

A Letter from the Sahara

Introduction

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Nonfiction

A Weed Among the Flowers

An Open Invitation to Extra-terrestrials

Theological Explanations

Aphorisms and Observations

Translator’s Preface: Wei Chuang

Notes on Poetics and Ethics

Translator’s Preface: Two Scenes from Phaedra

from A Poet’s Journal: Days of 1925-1931

The Habit of Affection

From Six Nights on the Acropolis

Poetry

Night Thoughts at Chang Terrace

Recording Events In The Village Where I Live

Refusing Wine, I Leave My Mat

Plucking Out White Hairs

Composed By The Ferry At Night Over The Chien-ch’ang River

Remembering My Daughter Silver Maid (Ah Yin)

Withering

Mourning At The Strings Of My Concubine, Miss Yang’s Zither

Recording Events

Time as Seen From Above

Birthplace

The Future

Little Girls Riding Bikes on the Sidewalk

Mythos

Tune: Echoing Heaven’s Everlastingness No.1

Tune: Raise The Cup. No. 1

Tune: Raise The Cup. No. 2

Tune: Song Of An Immortal. No. 2

Tune: Song Of Waterclock At Night

Once More

The Lion

The Technique

The Christmas Of Long Walks

A Blade of Grass

Introduction to the Beyond

Puzzle

Proof

The Forgotten Commander

The Post Office

Nine Poems

The Cry

Ghazal 10

Ode to an Old Wine

Albert Camus

Ghazal 24

Ghazal 26

Ghazal 42

On the Summer Goddess who Should Be Nameless

Veneranda

Delphi the Second Day

The Ravine

The Iron Bridge

A Voice

Rumor Has It

By Saying

The Answer

This Moment

The Heart

How Far

I’ll Remember That

If It Comes To Pass