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Fall 1983

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Guest Editors

A black and white image of a white man standing in front of a brick wall

Richard Tillinghast

A black and white image of a white man smiling

George Garrett

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Southern Writing Issue

The Fall 1983 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Richard Tillinghast and George Garrett. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.

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ISBN	0933277733
Issue Number	31
Title	Fall 1983 Vol. 9.3
Volume	09/2&3
Publication Date	August 14, 1983
Decade	1980s
Product Type	Digital, Print

Contributor's Notes
- Contributors’ Notes
  
  Staff
Fiction
- Bag Ladies Never Beg
  
  Carol Poster
- Cumberland Spring
  
  Joseph Maiolo
- The Auction
  
  Tom Alderson
- Hog-Killing Weather
  
  Paul Ruffin
- Wedding Night
  
  Tom Hawkins
- A Family of Gothics: Three Sketches
  
  Heather Ross Miller
- Island
  
  Edward P. Jones
- My Only Homerun
  
  Tom Whalen
- The Letters
  
  Paul Ramsey
- Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
  
  David Tillinghast
- from Departing as Air
  
  Allen Wier
Nonfiction
- A Foreword to Andrew Lytle
  
  Douglas Paschall
- An Interview with Shelby Foote
  
  Richard Tillinghast
Poetry
- Moonlight
  
  John Biguenet
- The Cherry Trees
  
  Marly Youmans
- Mallards and Partridges
  
  Roger Sauls
- Depth of Field
  
  Jackson Davis
- The Distance
  
  William Page
- To Begin
  
  William Page
- Red Giant, Black Dwarf Or Degenerate
  
  Cathryn Hankla
- For Now
  
  Reginald Gibbons
- The Instructor’s Soliloquy
  
  Reginald Gibbons
- Make Me Hear You
  
  Reginald Gibbons
- Forgotten Music
  
  Don DuPree
- Mother
  
  Don DuPree
- Waiting for the Woman
  
  David Spicer
- Looking for the Poem That Explains It All
  
  David Kirby
- The Man Who Believes in Five
  
  Miller Williams
- The Muse
  
  Miller Williams
- Lucinda Comes To Visit
  
  Eleanor Ross Taylor
- The History of Poetry
  
  Peter Cooley
- The Badger Woman
  
  Jeanne Larsen
- Snowy Egrets Flying Before a Storm
  
  Jeanie Thompson
- What To Do
  
  R. H. W. Dillard
- Mary Magdalene’s Left Foot
  
  Andrew Hudgins
- After The Wilderness: May 3, 1863
  
  Andrew Hudgins
- Urleid
  
  Fred Chappell
- Deep Depression in Key West
  
  Turner Cassity
- U-24 Anchors off New Orleans 1938
  
  Turner Cassity
- Cleaning the Cruiser
  
  Everette Maddox
- Of Rust
  
  Everette Maddox
- The Time When The World Was Different
  
  Jeanne Larsen
- Mime Polyglot
  
  William Harmon
- Bent Tones
  
  C. D. Wright
- Clocks and Crickets
  
  H. T. Kirby-Smith
- Highland Rim
  
  H. T. Kirby-Smith
- Familiarity
  
  H. T. Kirby-Smith
- Orange Circles on Lavender Wings
  
  Coleman Barks
- Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt
  
  David Bottoms
- Another Small Town in Georgia
  
  Bin Ramke
- Bathing Boys
  
  Bin Ramke
- Landscape With Tractor
  
  Henry Taylor
- Landscape for the Disappeared
  
  Yusef Komunyakaa
- More Girl Than boy
  
  Yusef Komunyakaa
- Road Down Home
  
  James Applewhite
- My Uncle’s Parsonage
  
  James Applewhite
- Bats
  
  Dave Smith
- Wildflowers Left to Live on Knocknarea
  
  Gibbons Ruark
- Cedar Waxwings in Ligustrum Lucidum
  
  William Hathaway
- The Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
  
  William Hathaway
- White Clapboard House in October
  
  Charles A. Kilmer
- Epistle for the Cicadas
  
  Van K. Brock
- A Stillness
  
  James Baker Hall
- We Never Close
  
  Dabney Stuart
- Divorce
  
  Dabney Stuart
- Masquerade
  
  Carolyne Wright
- Nocturne
  
  Ellen Bryant Voigt
- The Other Edge of June
  
  Frances Mayes
- Our Neighbor
  
  Wyatt Prunty
- Mother and Spring
  
  Wyatt Prunty
- The Air Rifle
  
  David Huddle
- Anxious for Failure
  
  Carol Cox
- Your Father’s Watch
  
  Thomas Rabbitt
- Paradigm of Seasons
  
  Robert Penn Warren
- Sunset
  
  Robert Penn Warren
- On The Farm
  
  Donald Justice
- Driving to Passalacqua, 1960
  
  Charles Wright
- As in Paradise
  
  Paul Ramsey
- Form
  
  James Dickey

Fall 1983

Guest Editors

Description

Additional information

Contributor's Notes

Contributors’ Notes

Fiction

Bag Ladies Never Beg

Cumberland Spring

The Auction

Hog-Killing Weather

Wedding Night

A Family of Gothics: Three Sketches

Island

My Only Homerun

The Letters

Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada

from Departing as Air

Nonfiction

A Foreword to Andrew Lytle

An Interview with Shelby Foote

Poetry

Moonlight

The Cherry Trees

Mallards and Partridges

Depth of Field

The Distance

To Begin

Red Giant, Black Dwarf Or Degenerate

For Now

The Instructor’s Soliloquy

Make Me Hear You

Forgotten Music

Mother

Waiting for the Woman

Looking for the Poem That Explains It All

The Man Who Believes in Five

The Muse

Lucinda Comes To Visit

The History of Poetry

The Badger Woman

Snowy Egrets Flying Before a Storm

What To Do

Mary Magdalene’s Left Foot

After The Wilderness: May 3, 1863

Urleid

Deep Depression in Key West

U-24 Anchors off New Orleans 1938

Cleaning the Cruiser

Of Rust

The Time When The World Was Different

Mime Polyglot

Bent Tones

Clocks and Crickets

Highland Rim

Familiarity

Orange Circles on Lavender Wings

Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt

Another Small Town in Georgia

Bathing Boys

Landscape With Tractor

Landscape for the Disappeared

More Girl Than boy

Road Down Home

My Uncle’s Parsonage

Bats

Wildflowers Left to Live on Knocknarea

Cedar Waxwings in Ligustrum Lucidum

The Mississippi River at Baton Rouge

White Clapboard House in October

Epistle for the Cicadas

A Stillness

We Never Close

Divorce

Masquerade

Nocturne

The Other Edge of June

Our Neighbor

Mother and Spring

The Air Rifle