An issue of Ploughshares from Winter 1988, guest-edited by Philip Levine. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.

This classic collection of poetry and prose, guest-edited by Pulitzer Prize winner and 2011 Poet Laureate Philip Levine, features the work of Yusef Komunyaaka, Mary Karr, Jane Shore, Larry Levis, Fanny Howe, and many other talented poets and writers.