Spring 1999
Spring 1999
The Spring 1999 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Mark Doty. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Introduction
Fiction
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Three Seaside Tales
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Hunters and Gatherers
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How Aliens Think
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Lessons in Another Language
Poetry
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Refinishing the Hardwood Floors
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Billy Asked
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Jasper, Texas, 1998
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Maidenhead
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July 3rd
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from Paragraphs from a Daybook
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Middle Ear
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Once a Green Sky
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Carvaggio Moderno
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Dioxin Bagatelle
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Social Life
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The Ideal
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Safe
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Pure
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Days of 1986
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Diva Atonement Tour #1
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German Romantic Song
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Lupine, Clear Place
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The Impossible May Be Possible
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Ophthalmology at Dawn
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Movie Review
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Girl in a Library
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A Vigil, 2 a.m., County Jail
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In Her Image
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Norway Maple, Cut Down
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Pussy Willow (An Apology)
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Rumors: Poetry
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Poem for the Breasts
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A Little Beer During Fence Repair
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Isla de Corcho
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Chorus
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Mothy Ode
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Michael Who Walks by Night
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The Gift
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Otus Asio
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The Tenants
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Acrostic at Sarah's Request
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Going to See the Taj Mahal
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Sestina: Bob
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Triclinuim: Couple Bending to a Burning Photo
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Analysis of the Rose as Sentimental Despair