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Spring 1977

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Guest Editors

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Jane Shore

DeWitt Henry

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The Spring 1977 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Jane Shore. 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	0933277539
Issue Number	11
Title	Spring 1977 Vol. 3.4
Volume	03/3&4
Publication Date	April 24, 1977
Decade	1970s
Product Type	Digital, Print

Book Review
Contributor's Notes
- Contributors’ Notes
  
  Staff
Fiction
- A Slip Up
  
  John McGahern
- The Plymouth Boat
  
  R. D. Skillings
- The Son She Has
  
  Sheila McMillen
- Negroes I Have Known
  
  David Rosner
- Applause, Applause
  
  Jean Thompson
- The Man at the Gate
  
  Lynne Sharon Schwartz
- Bodies Like Mouths
  
  John J. Clayton
- A Well Driller in the Rain
  
  John Bart Gerald
Nonfiction
- One Art: The Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop, 1971-1976
  
  Lloyd Schwartz
Poetry
- Words
  
  John Maloney
- Letter to Heather
  
  Nina Rubinstein Alonso
- Our Other Mind Problem
  
  Barry Goldensohn
- Green, A Chance
  
  Jeff Silva
- the world of apples
  
  Alvin Greenberg
- Less of the Same
  
  James Richardson
- Constantly
  
  Jane Shore
- Circles
  
  Maura Stanton
- Maybe a Bird
  
  Merrill Kaitz
- How I decided to settle in New Hampshire
  
  Frederick Will
- The Luminist at Age Eleven
  
  Pamela Stewart
- Bufo Americanus
  
  Margaret Smith
- Dialogue
  
  Richard Cecil
- The Short Flight
  
  Cora Brooks
- Chapter 2, Bettina
  
  Judith Leet
- After
  
  Linda Pastan
- Letter to a Son at Exam Time
  
  Linda Pastan
- Landmarks
  
  Daniel Halpern
- Resting Place
  
  Tom Absher
- 1805 Gratiot
  
  Richard Hugo
- Fishes
  
  Marion Taylor
- Nameless
  
  Michael Ryan
- You Can Thank
  
  Michael Ryan
- Tarzan of the Sestina
  
  Edward Diao
- Beasts Belong To Themselves
  
  Paul Nelson
- Four Parts of a Thousand-Part Poem
  
  Carole S. Oles
- The Green Violinist
  
  Carole S. Oles
- The Aquarium Lesson
  
  Mary Jo Salter
- Flowers
  
  Kathleen Spivack
- The Lake Utopia of Soren Kierkegaard
  
  Norman Dubie
- Plumbing the Silence
  
  Marguerite Guzman Bouvard
- The Dream, The Tool
  
  Kristina McGrath
- The Marsh
  
  Beatrice Hawley
- Letter for a Daughter
  
  Lorrie Goldensohn
- Sleeping Beauty
  
  Debora Greger
- Lovers in a Garden
  
  Miriam Sagan
- Reply to My Uncle Joseph
  
  Anne Whitehouse
- We Keep Her in a Box
  
  Betsy Sholl
- Living Among People With Many Faults
  
  Ron Slate
- The Yeti
  
  Mark O’Donnell
- Tamsen Donner Crosses The Great Salt Desert
  
  Ruth Whitman
- Glossary of Terms for Chapter Forty
  
  Gina White
- The Perfect Crime
  
  Edward Dooley
- Dolls
  
  Jack Anderson
- Conviction
  
  John Skoyles
- Putting Mother By
  
  Dona Stein
- Attempt to Convince Somebody of Something
  
  Michael Benedikt
- Questions
  
  Ricardo da Silveira Lobo Sternberg
- For Bartleby the Scrivener
  
  Billy Collins
- Omassum
  
  Roger Weingarten
- Capitalist Bestiary I: Yankee Trader
  
  Kathryn Van Spanckeren
- The Life-Giving
  
  Brad Leithauser
- The Priest
  
  Frederick Morgan
- Dying on a Seldom-Traveled Road
  
  David McCann
- The Skywriter
  
  George Colt
- The Interior
  
  Helene Davis
- Love Poem–Describing the Austere Comfort of the Dream in Which Nothing Is Named
  
  John Engels
- Provincetown: February
  
  Vanessa Ryder
- Illumination from a Psalter
  
  Vanessa Ryder
- New Neighbors in the South
  
  Maura Stanton
- Bathroom Walls
  
  Maura Stanton

Spring 1977

Guest Editors

Description

Additional information

Book Review

Contributor's Notes

Contributors’ Notes

Fiction

A Slip Up

The Plymouth Boat

The Son She Has

Negroes I Have Known

Applause, Applause

The Man at the Gate

Bodies Like Mouths

A Well Driller in the Rain

Nonfiction

One Art: The Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop, 1971-1976

Poetry

Words

Letter to Heather

Our Other Mind Problem

Green, A Chance

the world of apples

Less of the Same

Constantly

Circles

Maybe a Bird

How I decided to settle in New Hampshire

The Luminist at Age Eleven

Bufo Americanus

Dialogue

The Short Flight

Chapter 2, Bettina

After

Letter to a Son at Exam Time

Landmarks

Resting Place

1805 Gratiot

Fishes

Nameless

You Can Thank

Tarzan of the Sestina

Beasts Belong To Themselves

Four Parts of a Thousand-Part Poem

The Green Violinist

The Aquarium Lesson

Flowers

The Lake Utopia of Soren Kierkegaard

Plumbing the Silence

The Dream, The Tool

The Marsh

Letter for a Daughter

Sleeping Beauty

Lovers in a Garden

Reply to My Uncle Joseph

We Keep Her in a Box

Living Among People With Many Faults

The Yeti

Tamsen Donner Crosses The Great Salt Desert

Glossary of Terms for Chapter Forty

The Perfect Crime

Dolls

Conviction

Putting Mother By

Attempt to Convince Somebody of Something

Questions

For Bartleby the Scrivener

Omassum

Capitalist Bestiary I: Yankee Trader

The Life-Giving

The Priest

Dying on a Seldom-Traveled Road

The Skywriter

The Interior

Love Poem–Describing the Austere Comfort of the Dream in Which Nothing Is Named

Provincetown: February

Illumination from a Psalter

New Neighbors in the South

Bathroom Walls