The Fall 1987 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by DeWitt Henry. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.

DeWitt Henry, acclaimed memoirist and founding editor of Ploughshares, compiles this classic issue, which features fiction by Pulitzer Prize-winner E. Annie Proulx, as well as Stuart Dybek, Don Lee, and Jean Thompson, among others. The issue also includes a profile of the writer Evan S. Connell by Gerald Shapiro.