Ploughshares: 46 books

The Fall 2011 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by DeWitt Henry. This special 40th anniversary issue edited by Ploughshares co-founder DeWitt Henry features new work from former guest editors like Alice Hoffman, Sue Miller, and Maxine Kumin; an interview with Richard Yates from the archives; and...

Accompany Jill McCorkle, Allen Gee, Georgi Markov, Own King, and others as they grapple with the disappearance of body, culture, and neighbors. Visit Guatemala to witness the evolution of a past life. Meet a Bulgarian radio voice killed for telling ordinary stories. Face boisterous sideline characters...

The Spring 2011 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Colm Tóibín. This first issue of Ploughshares’ 40th anniversary volume year features selections of poetry and prose made by award-winning writer Colm Tóibín, including new work from poets such as Eavan Boland, Nick...

The Spring 2010 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Elizabeth Strout. This issue of Ploughshares features fiction by Richard Bausch, Lisa Cupolo, Mary Gordon, Amy Hempel, Carol Keeley, Marjorie Kemper, Scott Nadelson, Joyce Carol Oates, E. V. Slate, and Kathryn Staley as well as poetry by Amy...

The Summer 2018 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s four issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles; the Fall and Winter issues are staff-edited. As guest-editor Jill...

Nine long stories and essays, originally published in the acclaimed Ploughshares Solos digital series, create this fourth annual print collection. Visit a small island off the coast of Maine where the reappearance of an old friend might just push a painter suffering from artist’s block over...

Izzy Gam wants to be buried on the Mount of Olives, known as "the number one place for a Jew to be buried," as the resurrection is supposed to begin there. Unfortunately, it turns out that his planned resting place is already occupied, as is every other place in Israel that his increasingly...

Guest editor Nick Flynn selects and introduces a diverse collection of poems, essays, and stories. The issues features everything from Eric Fair's essay Consequence, on being an interrogator at Abu Ghraib, to Major Jackson's list poem, "Why I Write Poetry." A stylistically varied issue...

There's a specter floating above the pews at afternoon mass. Father Montgovery has no idea why the ghostly presence has followed him around for years, but, when a longtime parishioner asks for help in getting his drug-addicted daughter clean, Father Montgovery must do his best to ignore the phantom...

About "Men Be Either Or, But Never Enough" Eight-year-old Leeza hates the boys on twenty-fifth street. Worse than anything, she thinks, after they spit on her and tell her she smells. At home, Leeza's stepmother shows her no sympathy, scrubbing her skin raw and ordering her to chew...

After college professor Cass receives an intriguing student response to an art assignment about human connection, she considers the hidden selfish desires behind acts of kindness toward strangers. When she shows the submission to her brother Glen, the pair reflect on their own dysfunctional family and unfulfilled personal lives.

Sitting at a crossroads in the Guatemalan highlands, the Blue River Hotel has served as witness to the conflict and consequences of the country’s civil war. After a Canadian traveler passes through, he's forced to question the life he's chosen and to consider the effects of leaving his...

When a mother and her baby are found dead in their car, a small New England town is forced to confront its secrets. As the news settles and rumours spread, the mother of young family must grapple with the new understanding that this town is not the safe and peaceful place it pretends to be.  ...

Addie doesn’t know who left the footprints in the snow outside her house, but she’s convinced it’s someone seeking revenge for the horrific crime her autistic son committed a year ago. Follow Addie as she tries to uncover the trespasser's identity and come to terms with the actions of a son...