Workshopping My Dog

It’s hard for me to give a succinct introduction to Dalkey, as they are one of my all-time favorite publishers, so I’m going to keep it brief: if you don’t have any Dalkey books on your shelves, run, don’t walk. They will set your world on fire. Associate Director Martin Riker was kind enough to…

Once again, we are delving into the annals of Ploughshares history for our contest. This week, we’re featuring the Sherman Alexie issue from Winter 2000. All you need to do to win this wonderful issue is provide a comment in the response section below detailing why you love Sherman Alexie or any of the issue’s…

I started writing “Occupational Hazard” eight  years ago, out at the Marin Headlands Center for the Arts. I had a bedroom/studio in an old house, former officer’s quarters, and I found myself sleepy all the time. It was so quiet, there—a break from my Tenderloin apartment in the city—and it was much easier to take…