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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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An Interview with John Skoyles

Editor-in-Chief Jenny Molberg speaks with former Poetry Editor and Interim Editor-in-Chief John Skoyles about balancing editing and writing, championing emerging writers, and navigating the challenges of writing from personal experience.

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Free Content: Blue Fay

Read Blue Fay’s essay, “Nine Changes of a Watery Star,” from the Summer 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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Use coupon code PSROCKS15 when ordering any merch or backlist issues for 15% off your grand total and a free PS bumper sticker featuring a quote from Martin Rock’s essay “Recovery as Resistance.” This coupon is valid through September 1.

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