Fall 1979
Fall 1979
The Fall 1979 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by James Randall. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Fiction
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The Infinite Passion of Expectation
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At St. Croix
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The Right Bread and the Left
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With Richard in Claygate
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A Length of Wire
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Long Talking Bad Conditions Blues
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The Sayings of Mr. Purple
Nonfiction
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An Interview with Seamus Heaney
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The Achievement of Gina Berriault
Art
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The Visit (a monotype sequence)
Poetry
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Sabbath
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Swallowing
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Sorting It Out
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Hunt
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Melting 1978
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On a Name
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"He Stands Before"
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"Here. To Prove"
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"I Came to Speak--you"
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Thank You Note
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After and Before There Was Anything
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The Dudley Murders
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Hand Saw
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Plane
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Barbara
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Periplum
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A Kite for Michael and Christopher
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Near Anahorish
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St. Mary of Egypt
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On Hollow Legs
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Subway
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My Priest Father's Words
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Coarse Flower
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Silk
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Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy
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The Milkman and His Son
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Ossabaw Island, Georgia, April 4th
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The Poet in Residence
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Stars in Water
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The End of the World, etc.
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The Long Repetitions
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Betty Gordon's Broad Song
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A Poem for Winnipeg
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Bodybuilder
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He undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis
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Coincidence
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Real Estate
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Erica Jong Is Singing a Song
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Building Her House
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In the Livingroom
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Dusk
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Finches
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The Widow's Letter
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Immediately Upon Landing
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Things Past
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Vigilance
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The Man in the Common
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"Mania Klepto"