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Winter 1998-99

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Thomas Lux

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The Winter 1998-99 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Thomas Lux. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.

Book Review
Contributor's Notes
- Contributors’ Notes
  
  Staff
Editor Profile
- About Thomas Lux: A Profile
  
  Stuart Dischell
Editor's Corner
- Tomcat in Love by Tim O’Brien
  
  Staff
- The Snow Watcher by Chase Twichell
  
  Staff
- What the Twilight Says by Derek Walcott
  
  Staff
- Res Publica by Alan Williamson
  
  Staff
- editor, The Essential Tales of Chekhov
  
  Staff
- Bad Man Blues: A Portable George Garrett by George Garrett
  
  Staff
Editor's Shelf
Fiction
- The Nudes
  
  Maureen Pilkington
- The Night Sky
  
  Peter Turchi
- Alive in His Trousers
  
  Judith Moore
- The Sum of Our Parts
  
  Chris Adrian
- The Levirate
  
  Michael Byers
- Wizened
  
  Lucy Corin
- Gray
  
  Fanny Howe
Introduction
- Introduction
  
  Thomas Lux
Nonfiction
- On Poets, Poets Teaching, and Poetry: Notes from a Journal
  
  Wesley McNair
- An Interview with Stephen Dobyns
  
  Laure-Anne Bosselaar
Poetry
- Memorial Day
  
  Maurice Kilwein Guevara
- Purgatory XVII
  
  W. S. Merwin
- Hats Off
  
  George Mills
- Gossip of the Inner Life
  
  Steve Orlen
- On Roses and the Cheapness of Talk
  
  Mary Karr
- Avoid Eye Area
  
  Mary Karr
- Elegy for a Rain Salesman
  
  Mary Karr
- The Black Shoe
  
  Steve Kowit
- I Rendezvous with Jim & Lenny at the Barnes
  
  Steve Kowit
- Adiós Again, My Blessed Angel of Thunderheads and Urine
  
  Adrian C. Louis
- Dear Homeboy
  
  Suzanne Lummis
- Chaos Theory and the Knuckleballer
  
  R. J. McCaffery
- The Wounded Chandelier
  
  Jeffrey McDaniel
- The First One
  
  Jeffrey McDaniel
- On the Road
  
  H. Bruce McEver
- The Wreck
  
  Campbell McGrath
- The Mayor
  
  Joshua Mehigan
- Confusing Weather
  
  Joshua Mehigan
- Time on the Down of Plenty
  
  Kirk Nesset
- Pastoral
  
  Steve Orlen
- The Twelve Hats of Napoleon
  
  Robin Reagler
- Water Towers on City Buildings
  
  Clenn Reed
- Dear John Donne
  
  Clenn Reed
- Looking for Father in My Reflection
  
  Kirstin M. Roehrich
- My Father, The Commander, Poolside at Fifty-Five
  
  Frazier Russell
- Solace
  
  Michael Ryan
- A Version of Happiness
  
  Michael Ryan
- A Minor Riot at the Mint
  
  Natasha Sajé
- Alone
  
  Faith Shearin
- Animal Empire
  
  Eva Skrande
- Jelly 292
  
  Bruce Smith
- Letter to T.
  
  Bruce Smith
- At the Headstone for Hart Crane
  
  Teresa Starr
- Elsewhere
  
  Teresa Starr
- Sigh
  
  Marc J. Straus
- Pinguid
  
  Marc J. Straus
- To My Brother, On the Occasion of His Second Breakdown
  
  Terese Svoboda
- Children of Our Era
  
  Wislawa Szymborska, Joanna Trzeciak
- Reality Demands
  
  Wislawa Szymborska, Joanna Trzeciak
- Eye-Full Tower
  
  Daniel Tobin
- The Crying Room
  
  Lee Upton
- Biblical Also-rans
  
  Charles Harper Webb
- Listen, Leo
  
  Jon Anderson
- Nadezhda
  
  Angela Ball
- An Attempt
  
  Angela Ball
- Fat Crow Above Me
  
  Susan Berlin
- Still Life on Brick Steps
  
  Susan Berlin
- The Biopsy
  
  Christine Garren
- The Heart
  
  Christine Garren
- Winds
  
  Doreen Gildroy
- A ’49 Merc
  
  Kurt Brown
- Remote
  
  Elena Karina Byrne
- What’s Going On
  
  Jari Chevalier
- Now I’m Building the World
  
  Vincent Cioffi
- If I Must Be Saved
  
  Scott Coffel
- The Only Day in Existence
  
  Billy Collins
- Tomes
  
  Billy Collins
- Coconut in the Mail
  
  Robert Danberg
- Burning the Brush
  
  Chard deNiord
- Sugaring
  
  Chard deNiord
- Like a Revolving Door
  
  Stephen Dobyns
- Thus He Endured
  
  Stephen Dobyns
- Holding the Mare
  
  Sherry Fairchok
- Making Sure the Tractor Works
  
  Robert Fanning
- The Amphibrach
  
  D. A. Feinfeld
- Waking
  
  Timothy Ferine
- Ballot
  
  Michael Fitzgerald
- Jimmy, Jimmy, Oh Jimmy Mac
  
  Richard P. Gabriel
- Leaf of My Puzzled Desire
  
  Richard P. Gabriel
- What I Looked at Today
  
  Doreen Gildroy
- Meeting Mr. Right at the Rest Stop
  
  Cindy Goff
- In Chekhov
  
  Mark Halperin
- 25 at Dawn
  
  James Haug
- 78’s
  
  James Haug
- Summer Witness, 1995
  
  John Hazard
- Downtown in Front of the Drugstore
  
  Elizabeth Holmes
Postscripts
- David Gewanter, Zacharis Award
  
  Don Lee

ISBN	0933277245
Issue Number	77
Title	Winter 1998-99 Vol. 24.4
Volume	24/4
Publication Date	December 14, 1998
Decade	1990s
Product Type	Digital, Print

Winter 1998-99

Guest Editor

Description

Additional information

Book Review

Contributor's Notes

Contributors’ Notes

Editor Profile

About Thomas Lux: A Profile

Editor's Corner

Tomcat in Love by Tim O’Brien

The Snow Watcher by Chase Twichell

What the Twilight Says by Derek Walcott

Res Publica by Alan Williamson

editor, The Essential Tales of Chekhov

Bad Man Blues: A Portable George Garrett by George Garrett

Editor's Shelf

Fiction

The Nudes

The Night Sky

Alive in His Trousers

The Sum of Our Parts

The Levirate

Wizened

Gray

Introduction

Nonfiction

On Poets, Poets Teaching, and Poetry: Notes from a Journal

An Interview with Stephen Dobyns

Poetry

Memorial Day

Purgatory XVII

Hats Off

Gossip of the Inner Life

On Roses and the Cheapness of Talk

Avoid Eye Area

Elegy for a Rain Salesman

The Black Shoe

I Rendezvous with Jim & Lenny at the Barnes

Adiós Again, My Blessed Angel of Thunderheads and Urine

Dear Homeboy

Chaos Theory and the Knuckleballer

The Wounded Chandelier

The First One

On the Road

The Wreck

The Mayor

Confusing Weather

Time on the Down of Plenty

Pastoral

The Twelve Hats of Napoleon

Water Towers on City Buildings

Dear John Donne

Looking for Father in My Reflection

My Father, The Commander, Poolside at Fifty-Five

Solace

A Version of Happiness

A Minor Riot at the Mint

Alone

Animal Empire

Jelly 292

Letter to T.

At the Headstone for Hart Crane

Elsewhere

Sigh

Pinguid

To My Brother, On the Occasion of His Second Breakdown

Children of Our Era

Reality Demands

Eye-Full Tower

The Crying Room

Biblical Also-rans

Listen, Leo

Nadezhda

An Attempt

Fat Crow Above Me

Still Life on Brick Steps

The Biopsy

The Heart

Winds