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Winter 1986

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Guest Editors

A black and white image of a white woman with her head on her hand

Madeline DeFrees

A black and white image of a white woman wearing a large scarf

Tess Gallagher

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The Winter 1986 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Madeline DeFrees & Tess Gallagher. 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	0933277830
Issue Number	41
Title	Winter 1986 Vol. 12.4
Volume	12/4
Publication Date	December 30, 1986
Decade	1980s
Product Type	Digital, Print

Contributor's Notes
- Contributors’ Notes
  
  Staff
Fiction
- The Green Bird
  
  Hans Ostrom
- Everyday Disorders
  
  Francine Prose
- The New Teacher
  
  James Tate
- Lonnie Tishman
  
  Mona Simpson
- The Visit
  
  James Tate
- Make-up
  
  Jamie Diamond
- Honey
  
  Ann Beattie
Nonfiction
- The Double Thread
  
  Madeline DeFrees, Tess Gallagher
Poetry
- Masques
  
  Alice Derry
- Moon’s Rule
  
  Michael Burkard
- Little Final Sunlight
  
  Michael Burkard
- What He Must Have Been Thinking
  
  Susan Powell
- Peppers
  
  Susan Powell
- The First One
  
  David Henderson
- Amelie’s Love
  
  Mary Susannah Robbins
- Gold
  
  Chris Kennedy
- The Miracle
  
  Chris Kennedy
- Occlusion in Long Rain
  
  Chris Kennedy
- The Biographer’s Art
  
  Lex Runciman
- Figuring How
  
  Philip Booth
- Folded and Refolded: A State of Being
  
  Ron Vandörfer
- What If, Today, You Came Home?
  
  Susan Landgraf
- Apartheid
  
  Rod Kessler
- Some Flowers
  
  Erika Mumford
- Objet d’Art
  
  Erika Mumford
- Words for Myself
  
  Erika Mumford
- Walking on Blood at North Beach
  
  Carol Jane Bangs
- Like Vine Maple Red in the Fir
  
  Alice Derry
- You Are My First Brother
  
  Alice Derry
- Anguish of the Heart
  
  Alice Derry
- Blue Pool
  
  Deb Casey
- The Brothers
  
  Michael Burkard
- The Summer of the Thief
  
  Michael Burkard
- Too Many Drops
  
  Michael Burkard
- The World at Dusk
  
  Michael Burkard
- Abiding Love
  
  Sharon Bryan
- Evaporation from the Iliac Pelvis
  
  Drago Stambuk
- Untitled
  
  Drago Stambuk
- Paradise Consists of Forty-nine Rotating Spheres
  
  Jane Mead
- Where the Zinfandel Pass Their Seasons in Mute Rows
  
  Jane Mead
- Home Rivers
  
  Zoe Anglesey
- Blurred Mirror
  
  Drago Stambuk
- Why Plates Are Round
  
  Frances Driscoll
- Vaginal Discharge
  
  Frances Driscoll
- Atrium
  
  Drago Stambuk
- Fire
  
  Drago Stambuk
- Hegeso
  
  Drago Stambuk
- Transported
  
  Virginia Leinart
- The Inheritance
  
  Ann Douglas
- How It Comes
  
  Dorothy Barresi
- The Hole in the Ceiling
  
  Dorothy Barresi
- Vines Black Upon Black Leaves
  
  Ralph Salisbury
- With Child
  
  John Witte
- Our Faces
  
  Harold Schweizer
- Suddenly the Graves
  
  Gillian Conoley
- Bellini’s Models: Madonna and Saints
  
  Kath Anderson
- Final Groove
  
  Morris Bond
- Firewalk
  
  Michele Birch
- For Linda, Off on a Cruise, Me in Penobscot Taking Care of Her Kids
  
  Michele Birch
- Aladdin
  
  Bobby Anderson
- Afterwards
  
  Peter Cooley
- Herself
  
  Virginia Leinart
- Poem for Men Only
  
  Tony Hoagland
- Ultrasound
  
  John Witte
- To the Poet, Mei Yao-ch’en
  
  John Witte
- Looking for Dad
  
  Karen Locke
- Three Swiss Tales
  
  Harold Schweizer
- Alzheimer’s
  
  Harold Schweizer
- The Water on the Lake
  
  Harold Schweizer
- Sea-Maid
  
  Jill Gonet
- 40-year-old Picture
  
  Jill Gonet
- Red Moonwalking Woman
  
  Diane Glancy
- Primer
  
  Jill Gonet
- California Indians
  
  Thomas Emery
- First Job/Seventeen
  
  Lucia Perillo
- Switchbacks
  
  Rita Kiefer
- The News (A Manifesto)
  
  Lucia Perillo
- Names
  
  Kenneth Gangemi
- The Turtle Lovers
  
  Lucia Perillo
- Corsage–to the Order of Runeberg
  
  Laura Jensen
- Possessions
  
  Laura Jensen
- Ripe
  
  Caroline Bock
- Taos Pow-Wow
  
  Robin Becker
- And All These Things Are So
  
  Jane Mead
- Bach, Winter
  
  Jane Mead
- Rough Air
  
  David Graham
- Planxty Beethoven
  
  David Graham
- Flying
  
  Joan Swift
- At the Teahut
  
  Joan Swift

Winter 1986

Guest Editors

Description

Additional information

Contributor's Notes

Contributors’ Notes

Fiction

The Green Bird

Everyday Disorders

The New Teacher

Lonnie Tishman

The Visit

Make-up

Honey

Nonfiction

The Double Thread

Poetry

Masques

Moon’s Rule

Little Final Sunlight

What He Must Have Been Thinking

Peppers

The First One

Amelie’s Love

Gold

The Miracle

Occlusion in Long Rain

The Biographer’s Art

Figuring How

Folded and Refolded: A State of Being

What If, Today, You Came Home?

Apartheid

Some Flowers

Objet d’Art

Words for Myself

Walking on Blood at North Beach

Like Vine Maple Red in the Fir

You Are My First Brother

Anguish of the Heart

Blue Pool

The Brothers

The Summer of the Thief

Too Many Drops

The World at Dusk

Abiding Love

Evaporation from the Iliac Pelvis

Untitled

Paradise Consists of Forty-nine Rotating Spheres

Where the Zinfandel Pass Their Seasons in Mute Rows

Home Rivers

Blurred Mirror

Why Plates Are Round

Vaginal Discharge

Atrium

Fire

Hegeso

Transported

The Inheritance

How It Comes

The Hole in the Ceiling

Vines Black Upon Black Leaves

With Child

Our Faces

Suddenly the Graves

Bellini’s Models: Madonna and Saints

Final Groove

Firewalk

For Linda, Off on a Cruise, Me in Penobscot Taking Care of Her Kids

Aladdin

Afterwards

Herself

Poem for Men Only

Ultrasound

To the Poet, Mei Yao-ch’en

Looking for Dad

Three Swiss Tales

Alzheimer’s

The Water on the Lake

Sea-Maid

40-year-old Picture