{"product_id":"2940015177114","title":"Ploughshares Fall 2007 Guest-Edited by Andrea Barrett","description":"The Fall 2007 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Andrea Barrett. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNational Book Award winner Andrea Barrett (Ship Fever, The Voyage of the Narwhal) compiles this fiction issue of Ploughshares. In her Introduction, Barrett writes that, while editing the issue, and \"reading so many complex and resonant stories, I chose those in which precise language restores what we otherwise, out of habit, fail to notice. Those that capture the mystery of metamorphosis; those in which characters are transformed by love, rage, grief, exile, politics, religion, art.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe issue includes stories by acclaimed authors Bret Anthony Johnson (\"Republican\"), Ellen Litman (\"The Trajectory of Frying Pans\"), Paul Yoon (\"And We Will Be Here\"), and many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eAndrea Barrett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITOR PROFILE\u003cbr\u003eLaura van den Berg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reunion,\" by Karen E. Bender\u003cbr\u003e\"When the Stars Begin to Fall,\" by Jill Gilbreth\u003cbr\u003e\"Republican,\" by Bret Anthony Johnston\u003cbr\u003e\"The Trajectory of Frying Pans,\" by Ellen Litman\u003cbr\u003e\"Snake Oil,\" by Margaret McMullan\u003cbr\u003e\"The Only Child,\" by Alix Ohlin\u003cbr\u003e\"Everybody Serves Caesar,\" by Peter Orner\u003cbr\u003e\"Light as a Feather,\" by Karen Shepard\u003cbr\u003e\"Allegiance,\" by Joan Silber\u003cbr\u003e\"News of the World,\" by Sarah Stone\u003cbr\u003e\"Change of Address,\" by Christopher Tilghman\u003cbr\u003e\"And We Will Be Here,\" by Paul Yoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOSTSCRIPTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCohen Award Winners Victoria Chang and Joan Wickersham","brand":"Ploughshares \/ Emerson College","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162783596784,"sku":"2940015177114","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015177114_p0.jpg?v=1763947329","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015177114","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}