Spring 2011
Spring 2011
The Spring 2011 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Colm Tóibín. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
This first issue of Ploughshares’ 40th anniversary volume year features selections of poetry and prose made by award-winning writer Colm Tóibín, including new work from poets such as Eavan Boland, Nick Laird, Paul Muldoon, CK Williams, and Bruce Bond, and prose writers Tessa Hadley, Thomas Mallon, Rabih Alameddine, Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough, and Hester Kaplan, among others. The volume also includes a profile by Toibin, an introduction by Tóibín, the reprint of an archival interview with Seamus Heaney, book reviews, and more.
Introduction
Fiction
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The Half-Wall
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Banner Creek Summit
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Post Production
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Natural Wonder
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The War Between the Men and the Women
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Occupational Hazard
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Tiny Struggles
Nonfiction
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Objects of Affection
Poetry
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Sing-a-long
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My Philadelphia
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Art of Empire
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Chimera
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Arson in Ladytown
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Estación Retiro, Buenos Aires
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Home
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Toss
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An Old Boyne Fish Barn
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Memoire
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Tall Boys
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In My Reading
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At Midnight, On My Birthday
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His Brazen Hair
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Out Far Enough
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Universal Movers
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Revisionary
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The Mission
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Dead Fox
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Void and Compensation (Facebook)
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Whale Watching in Iceland
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From 'Resident At Sea'
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Burial
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Lush Life
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Rule 2
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Timeline