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    Issue # 141

    Fall 2019

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    The Fall 2019 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.” The Fall…

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    Issue # 140

    Summer 2019

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    The Summer 2019 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares…

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    Issue # 139

    Spring 2019

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    The Spring 2019 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares…

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    Issue # 138

    Winter 2018-19

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    Accompany Ellen Bass, Tom Jenks, Becky Hagenston, Tony Hoagland and others as they wrestle with the vulnerability of contemporary life, navigating party allegiance and confronting the contrast between hope and hopelessness. Grapple with gun violence, child abduction, and the employment of high school boys in slaughterhouses. Witness the extinction of Galápagos turtles and visit Florida,…

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    Issue # 137

    Fall 2018

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    Accompany Jill McCorkle, Allen Gee, Georgi Markov, Owen King, and others as they grapple with the disappearance of body, culture, and neighbors. Visit Guatemala to witness the evolution of a past life. Meet a Bulgarian radio voice killed for telling ordinary stories. Face boisterous sideline characters and sullen internet personalities. Grapple with dinner party discussions…

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    Issue # 136
    Fiction

    Summer 2018

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    The Summer 2018 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s four issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles; the Fall and Winter issues are staff-edited. As guest-editor Jill McCorkle writes in her introduction, “Some of the most satisfying moments in…

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    Issue # 135

    Spring 2018

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    The Spring 2018 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s four issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles; the Fall and Winter issues are staff-edited. As guest-editor Lan Samantha Chang writes in her introduction, “It is essential to…

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    Issue # 134

    Winter 2017-18

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    The Winter 2017-18 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles; the Winter issue is staff-edited. This staff-edited issue of Ploughshares features new work by Alice Hoffman, Paige Lewis, Carl Dennis,…

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  • Ploughshares Solos Omnibus Vol. 5
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    Ploughshares Solos Omnibus Volume 5

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    Stories and essays by Hugh Coyle, Carolyn Ferrell, Edward Hamlin, Lisa Horiuchi, Rachel Kondo, Michael Lowenthal, Eli Mandel, Uche Okonkwo, Tim Parrish Nine long stories and essays, originally published in the acclaimed Ploughshares Solos digital series, appear together in this fifth annual print collection. Travel to Belize with a retired businessman desperate for a new…

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    Issue # 133

    Summer 2017

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    The Summer 2017 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles; the Winter issue is staff-edited. Distinguished writer Stewart O’Nan guest-edits this issue. As O’Nan writes in his introduction, “I want to feel moral confusion, because nothing in…

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    Issue # 132

    Spring 2017

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    The Spring 2017 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles; the Winter issue is staff-edited. Acclaimed writer Jennifer Haigh guest-edits this poetry and prose issue of Ploughshares. As Haigh writes…

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    Issue # 131
    Poetry

    Winter 2016-17

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    The Winter 2016-17 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles; the Winter issue is staff-edited. This staff edited issue of Ploughshares features a vibrant collection of essays, poems, and short…

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    Ploughshares Solos Omnibus Volume 4

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    Nine long stories and essays, originally published in the acclaimed Ploughshares Solos digital series, create this fourth annual print collection. Visit a small island off the coast of Maine where the reappearance of an old friend might just push a painter suffering from artist’s block over the edge.  Meet a newly divorced lecturer of critical…

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    Issue # 130

    Summer 2016

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    The Summer 2016 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited. This 45th anniversary issue, guest edited by novelist Claire Messud and literary critic James Wood,…

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    Issue # 129

    Spring 2016

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    The Spring 2016 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited. Acclaimed poets Tom Sleigh and Alan Shapiro guest-edit this poetry and prose issue of Ploughshares….

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    Issue # 128

    Winter 2015-16

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    The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited. The stories, poems, and essays that comprise this staff-edited issue of Ploughshares are diverse and…

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