Fall 2011
Fall 2011
The Fall 2011 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by DeWitt Henry. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
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 poems and stories from emerging writers like James Scott and Laura van den Berg, introduced by prominent authors including James Alan McPherson and Elizabeth Spires.
Introduction
Fiction
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Apples
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Treasure
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from Burning Summer
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Tag Sale
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from Next Life Might Be Kinder
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Downstream
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The Sinner
Nonfiction
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Catcher's Hang
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Dojo
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Turning Points
Poetry
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Life's What You Make It
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The Thing's Impossible
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The Game
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A House
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Tahrîr
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The Widow and the Pinecone
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Nanquan Kills a Cat
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Hamper
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In a Kitchen Where Mushrooms Were Washed
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Mop Without Stick
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Ancient History in The Eye Center
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Either Or
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Dropped Things Are Bound to Sink
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Late Summer
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Bottle
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Two Ways to Play Shylock (David Suchet and Patrick Stewart, Royal Shakespeare Company)
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Your First Motherless Day
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Margin of Error
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Goldring
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Fortune Cookies
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Pickwick
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What You Might Expect
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Millennium Bridge
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A Life
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Constructing a Religion
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Early Rising
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Sleep