Ploughshares publishes issues four times a year. Two of these issues are guest-edited by different, prominent authors. The other two issues are edited by our staff editors, one a mix of poetry and prose and the other long-form prose.
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Regrets Only Issue The Winter 1994-95 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Don Lee & David Daniel. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Intimate Exile Issue The Fall 1994 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Rosellen Brown. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. This is the first issue of Ploughshares dedicated solely to the personal essay, and subtitled “Intimate Exile.” Acclaimed novelist, essayist,…
Tribes Issue The Spring 1994 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by James Welch. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Borderlands Issue The Winter 1993-94 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Russell Banks & Chase Twichell. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
The Passage of Time Issue The Fall 1993 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Sue Miller. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. This fiction edition of Ploughshares compiles fourteen stories that center on the concept of time. Acclaimed novelist Sue…
Believers Issue The Spring 1993 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Al Young. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Voices From The Other Room Issue The Winter 1992-93 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Marie Howe & Christopher Tilghman. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Stories Issue The Fall 1992 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Tobias Wolff. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. Acclaimed memoirist and novelist Tobias Wolff (This Boy’s Life, Old School, In the Garden of North American Martyrs) compiles this fiction…
West Real Issue The Spring 1992 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Alberto Rios. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Traces of Struggle and Desire Issue The Winter 1991-92 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Carolyn Forche. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
20th Anniversary Issue The Fall 1991 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by DeWitt Henry and Joyce Peseroff. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. This 20th anniversary issue, guest-edited by Ploughshares founder DeWitt Henry and longtime poetry editor Joyce Peseroff, celebrates the…
Works-In-Progress Issue An issue of Ploughshares from Spring 1991, guest-edited M. L. Rosenthal. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. This “Works-in-Progress” issue is guest-edited by the poet, translator, and literary critic M. L. Rosenthal. “The work collected here,” Rosenthal writes…
The Literature of Ecstasy Issue An issue of Ploughshares from Winter 1990-91, guest-edited by Gerald Stern. 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 award-winning poet Gerald Stern, explores the “literature of ecstasy.” In his Introduction, Stern…
Confronting Racial Difference Issue The Fall 1990 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by James Alan McPherson and DeWitt Henry. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. Acclaimed author James Alan McPherson and Ploughshares founder and author DeWitt Henry bring together…
The Spring 1990 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Rita Dove & Fred Viebahn. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Diversity/Adversity Issue An issue of Ploughshares from Winter 1989, guest-edited Marilyn Hacker. 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 the poet Marilyn Hacker, explores the themes of diversity and adversity. “What is in our experience can…
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