The Spring 2013 issue of Ploughshares, edited by Major Jackson. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
The poet Major Jackson (Holding Company, Hoops) compiles this eclectic Spring issue, which includes the work of several distinguished writers and newcomers. Featuring poetry by writers like Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Tony Hoagland, Laura Kasischke, Sharon Olds, Carl Phillips, and Tracy K. Smith, the issue is a dazzling tour of the modern poetic landscape in America. There is also a wide variety of fiction, from the story of a high school girl in the South and her relationship with a white teacher (“What Happens Next,” by Emily Bernard) to a New York doorman dying of cancer (“The Rubber Game,” by Sherri Phillips). The issue also features a Plan B essay by Floyd Skloot (“The Great Dream”), about the mostly thwarted ambitions of the members of his family, and an appreciation of the British writer Barbara Pym (“Patron Saint of Quiet Lives,” by Raina Lipsitz).
INTRODUCTION
Major Jackson
EDITOR PROFILE
Gregory Pardlo
FICTION
“What Happens Next,” by Emily Bernard
“Brief Encounter with the Household Gods,” by David Huddle
“Transfer Station,” by Elise Juska
“Andorra,” by Szidonia Molnar
“The Rubber Game,” Sherri Phillips
“Monkey See,” by David James Poissant
“Alan at the Kirschbergs’,” by Anna Solomon
“Church,” by Kimberly Swayze
POETRY by
Peter Balakian
Sandra Beasley
Erin Belieu
Traci Brimhall
Jericho Brown
Stephen Browning
Maggie Dietz
Mark Doty
Jaclyn Dwyer
Martin Espada
Didi Gibbs
Nathalie Handal
Tony Hoagland
Laura Kasischke
Joanna Klink
Rebecca Lehmann
Alex Lemon
Jamaal May
Jeffrey McDaniel
Erika Meitner
Fred Moten
Harryette M
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