John Skoyles: 5 books

The Winter 2012-13 issue of Ploughshares, edited by John Skoyles and Ladette Randolph. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. Ploughshares editor-in-chief Ladette...

How much do you weigh? Not you personally but all of us, yes every single one of us alive today. This ebook is a companion to the YouTube video of the same title that puts us and the rest of nature on the scales. No one has done this before--but though the story is novel--its actually the implications...

The Fukushima nuclear disaster has revealed a hole in our capability, as a species, to learn from our mistakes. How can this hole be filled and how can we transfer this learning to all other industries and human activities that contain risk?

Accompany Ellen Bass, Tom Jenks, Becky Hagenston, Tony Hoagland and others as they wrestle with the vulnerability of contemporary life, navigating party allegiance and confronting the contrast between hope and hopelessness. Grapple with gun violence, child abduction, and the employment of high school boys...