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    The Summer 2026 issue, edited by Justin Torres, features poetry and prose by Yahya Ashour, Kesiena Boom, Angie Cruz, Blue Fay, Fred D’Aguiar, Alix Ohlin, Sarah Tindal Kareem, and Mai Der Vang. Cover art by Megan Ellen MacDonald.

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An Interview with Carmen Maria Machado

Ploughshares is excited to announce our Summer 2027 Guest Editor, Carmen Maria Machado! In this PS interview with Editorial Associate Hayley Pisciotti, Machado discusses what excites her about new fiction, the urgency of preserving queer archives, her most important literary influences, and the relationships between speculative writing, research, and truth.

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Free Content: Alpay Ulku

Read Alpay Ulku’s poem, “A Love Note,” from the Spring 2026 issue of Ploughshares.

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Guest Editor Spotlight: Stewart O’Nan

Read prose edited by Stewart O’Nan, Guest Editor of the Summer 2017 issue of Ploughshares.

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