A journal cover of a painting of a woman holding onto a tree, about to be blown away

Winter 1999-00

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Guest Editors

A black and white image of a white man standing on a road in front of trees

Madison Smartt Bell

Elizabeth Spires

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Description

The Winter 1999-00 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Madison Smartt Bell & Elizabeth Spires. 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	093327727X
Issue Number	80
Title	Winter 1999-00 Vol. 25.4
Volume	25/4
Publication Date	December 14, 1999
Decade	1990s
Product Type	Digital, Print

Book Review
Contributor's Notes
- Contributors’ Notes
  
  Staff
Editor Profile
- About Madison Smartt Bell: A Profile
  
  Wyn Cooper
- About Elizabeth Spires: A Profile
  
  A. V. Christie
Editor's Corner
- Double Dutch by Madeline DeFrees
  
  Staff
- Transforming Madness: New Lives for People Living with Mental Illness by Jay Neugeboren
  
  Staff
- Mortal Education by Joyce Peseroff
  
  Staff
- The Hardness Scale reissue by Joyce Peseroff
  
  Staff
- Americans’ Favorite Poems by Robert Pinsky
  
  Staff
- Happy Family by Jane Shore
  
  Staff
- A Natural Man by Gary Soto
  
  Staff
Editor's Shelf
Fiction
- Stop Breaking Down
  
  John McManus
- Centipedes on Skates
  
  John Robinson
- Happy Birthday
  
  Walt Foreman
- White Fang
  
  Walt Foreman
- Israel
  
  Mary-Beth Hughes
- Black Elvis
  
  Geoffrey Becker
- The Mourning Party
  
  Carolyn Cooke
- False Confessions
  
  George Garrett
- Engaging Diane
  
  Bethalee Jones
- Other People’s Mothers
  
  Erika Krouse
- Gray Girl
  
  Cynthia Kadohata
Introduction
- Introduction to the Fiction
  
  Madison Smartt Bell
- Introduction to the Poetry
  
  Elizabeth Spires
Poetry
- Myself as a Wasting Phoenix
  
  Timothy Donnelly
- For the World
  
  Michael Tyrell
- Cicada
  
  Lia Purpura
- Shadow
  
  Susan Stewart
- Lintel
  
  Susan Stewart
- Seen
  
  Mark Wunderlich
- An Awful Story
  
  Michael Collier
- The Blame
  
  Michael Collier
- Sickle
  
  Stanley Plumly
- The Spell
  
  Jonathan David Jackson
- Sunspot
  
  Jonathan David Jackson
- Trees
  
  Jennifer Tseng
- The Play Hour
  
  D. Nurkse
- An Arithmetic
  
  Kathy Mangan
- The World I Painted Twenty Years Ago
  
  Brian Glaser
- Fugue for Kristallnacht
  
  William Heyen
- Respects
  
  William Heyen
- If You Wish on Them
  
  Sue Owen
- Stateside
  
  Belle Waring
- Paraldehyde, She Said
  
  Belle Waring
- The State I Loved You In
  
  Penelope Austin
- The Banquet
  
  Loren Graham
- Ghazal
  
  Patrick Phillips
- In the House of White Light
  
  Virgil Suárez
- A Walk at Dusk
  
  Dinah Berland
- The Hidden Street
  
  John Bensko
- Approaching 40
  
  Charles Harper Webb
- Puritan Impulse
  
  Wyn Cooper
- Self-Portrait
  
  Andrew Zawacki
- Driving Lesson
  
  Jane Shore
- The Attic
  
  Cynthia Huntington
- December 25
  
  David Lehman
- Resurrection
  
  Bethalee Jones
- Orpheus Crossing
  
  Laurie Greer
- Opossum
  
  Jonathan Musgrove
- Seduction
  
  Jonathan Musgrove
- Latch
  
  Allen Grossman
- Translations from the Irish
  
  Theodore Deppe
- Mercury
  
  Phillis Levin
- Broughtonia
  
  C. Dale Young
- Thinking of Gorki While Clearing a Trail
  
  Maxine Kumin
- Orchard Bees
  
  Greg Glazner
- Sin
  
  Carol Frost
- Red Oak Farm
  
  Samara Kanegis
- Scarecrow in Magnolia
  
  Timothy Donnelly
- A Blessing
  
  Josephine Jacobsen
- Obit
  
  Josephine Jacobsen
- Missing World
  
  Christine Stewart
- Spider Time
  
  Christine Stewart
- Education by Stone
  
  Frank X. Gaspar
- The Lilies of the Field
  
  Frank X. Gaspar
- Overture
  
  A. V. Christie
- Mutating Villanelle
  
  Bruce Beasley
- Peking Robins
  
  A. V. Christie
- You Open Your Hands
  
  Aliki Barnstone
- What to Tip the Boatman?
  
  Cleopatra Mathis
- Those Alternate Sundays
  
  Michael Waters
- Fragments
  
  Jeffrey Harrison
Postscripts
- Elizabeth Gilbert, Zacharis Award
  
  Don Lee

Winter 1999-00

Guest Editors

Description

Additional information

Book Review

Contributor's Notes

Contributors’ Notes

Editor Profile

About Madison Smartt Bell: A Profile

About Elizabeth Spires: A Profile

Editor's Corner

Double Dutch by Madeline DeFrees

Transforming Madness: New Lives for People Living with Mental Illness by Jay Neugeboren

Mortal Education by Joyce Peseroff

The Hardness Scale reissue by Joyce Peseroff

Americans’ Favorite Poems by Robert Pinsky

Happy Family by Jane Shore

A Natural Man by Gary Soto

Editor's Shelf

Fiction

Stop Breaking Down

Centipedes on Skates

Happy Birthday

White Fang

Israel

Black Elvis

The Mourning Party

False Confessions

Engaging Diane

Other People’s Mothers

Gray Girl

Introduction

Introduction to the Fiction

Introduction to the Poetry

Poetry

Myself as a Wasting Phoenix

For the World

Cicada

Shadow

Lintel

Seen

An Awful Story

The Blame

Sickle

The Spell

Sunspot

Trees

The Play Hour

An Arithmetic

The World I Painted Twenty Years Ago

Fugue for Kristallnacht

Respects

If You Wish on Them

Stateside

Paraldehyde, She Said

The State I Loved You In

The Banquet

Ghazal

In the House of White Light

A Walk at Dusk

The Hidden Street

Approaching 40

Puritan Impulse

Self-Portrait

Driving Lesson

The Attic

December 25

Resurrection

Orpheus Crossing

Opossum

Seduction

Latch

Translations from the Irish

Mercury

Broughtonia

Thinking of Gorki While Clearing a Trail

Orchard Bees

Sin

Red Oak Farm

Scarecrow in Magnolia