Ploughshares (Spring 2012)

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Ploughshares (Spring 2012)

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The Spring 2012 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Nick Flynn. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.This issue, guest-edited by poet and memoirist Nick Flynn, contains a diverse collection of poems, essays, and stories, from Eric Fair's essay Consequence, on being an interrogator at Abu Ghraib, to Major Jackson's list poem, "Why I Write Poetry." This stylistically varied issue features emerging poets like Samuel Amadon and Sophie Klahr, as well as established writers such as Steve Almond, Mark Slouka, D. A. Powell, Claudia Rankine, Lauren Groff, and others.Full Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONNick FlynnEDITOR PROFILESusanna SonnenbergFICTION"Gondwana," by Steve Almond"Flux," by Mary Morris"Sinkhole," by Jamie Quatro"Dog," by Mark Slouka"Patrol," by David YostNONFICTION"The Blowjob Whale," by Sarah Braunstein"Consequence," by Eric Fair"How to Live with Uncertainty," by Kelle Groom"The Removers," by Andrew Meredith"The Adventure Family," by Melissa Sandor"The Devil's Spine," by Maria VenegasPOETRYSamuel AmadonBeth BachmannMary Jo BangHadara Bar-NadavGrace BauerSean BishopDanielle BlauShane BookJoel BrouwerJoseph J. CapistaPatricia CaspersVictoria ChangMark ConwayOlena Kalytiak DavisMichael DumanisMonica FerrellDeborah FlanaganDuriel E. HarrisMarie HoweIshion HutchinsonMajor JacksonSophie KlahrMichael KleinSarah KortemeierJoan LarkinThomas LuxSarah MesserCarrie MonizEileen MylesGregory PardloD. A. PowellClaudia RankineRoger ReevesJohn RybickiGlenn ShaheenKent ShawMary SzybistJames TolanM. A. VizsolyiRebecca WadlingerCharles Harper WebbAllison Benis WhiteSuzanne WiseRonnie YatesRachel ZuckerMISC."Swimming," a Plan B Essay by Lauren GroffPOSTSCRIPTSAlice Hoffman Prize for FictionBOOKSHELF- Jennifer De Leon Say Her A Novel, by Francisco Goldman- Sherrie Flick The Inverted A Novel, by John Dalton- Christopher Hennessy Poems, by C. Dale Young- John Skoyles The Memory of Poems, by Jack Myers; and God Breaketh Not All Men's Hearts Later Collected Poems, by Stanley Moss- Scott Stanfield Abbott A Novel, by Chris Bachelder

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Pages 212
Language Eng
Publisher Emerson College
Published January 1, 2012
ISBN 14741309
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After spending years working in the corporate world, Nick Flynn finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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