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    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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Lucille Clifton’s Electronic Archives

Kazim Ali, author of Black Buffalo Woman: An Introduction to the Poetry & Poetics of Lucille Clifton (Boa Editions, 2024), dives like a “cormorant” into Lucille Clifton’s literary legacy, exploring what her digital archive reveals about her writing process, revisions, and intentions.

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Free Content: Alix Ohlin

Read Alix Ohlin’s story, “Scavengers,” from the Summer 2026 issue of Ploughshares.

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Guest Editor Spotlight: Ellen Bryant Voigt

Read poetry and prose edited by Ellen Bryant Voigt, Guest Editor of the Winter 1996-97 and Spring 1979 issues of Ploughshares.

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