{"product_id":"2940148452973","title":"Ploughshares Spring 2003 Guest-Edited by Carl Phillips","description":"The Spring 2003 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Carl Phillips. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by award-winning poet Carl Phillips (Silverchest, Double Shadow, In the Blood), this issue features new works from Pulitzer Prize-winning poets Charles Wright (Black Zodiac, The Other Side of the River) and Dean Young (Elegy on Toy Piano), along with acclaimed authors Carol Muske-Dukes (Sparrow), Bei Ling (The Deceived), David St. John (The Face: A Novella In Verse), and Robert Pinsky (The Life of David). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his introduction, Phillips recounts an interview where the interviewer describes a deer in Phillips' poem as \"an occurrence,\" and Phillips then relates his reaction to this turn of phrase to his attitude towards editing the issue, aiming to curate works that produce \"surprise at the level of language,\" and which explore \"being a sensual and vulnerable and emotional creature in a world that finally does not require us.\" He wants \"nothing gutless, and nothing without its ability to surprise.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eCarl Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Garden Game,\" by Ann Beattie\u003cbr\u003e\"The Last Heat of Summer,\" by Percival Everett\u003cbr\u003e\"Birds of Paradise,\" by Peter Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\"A Glue-Related Problem,\" by Lisa Haines\u003cbr\u003e\"Elephant Feelings,\" by John Haskell\u003cbr\u003e\"Companion Animal,\" by Hester Kaplan\u003cbr\u003e\"The Garden,\" by Devika Mehra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOETRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Baker\u003cbr\u003eMary Jo Bang\u003cbr\u003eEdward Bartók-Barrata\u003cbr\u003eErin Belieu\u003cbr\u003eBrian Blanchfield\u003cbr\u003eJody Bolz\u003cbr\u003eJoel Brouwer\u003cbr\u003eCyrus Cassells\u003cbr\u003eMichael Collier\u003cbr\u003eMartha Collins\u003cbr\u003eRita Dove\u003cbr\u003eAngie Estes\u003cbr\u003eKathy Fagan\u003cbr\u003eMiranda Field\u003cbr\u003eCaroline Finkelstein\u003cbr\u003eCarol Frost\u003cbr\u003eChristine Garren\u003cbr\u003eLinda Gregg\u003cbr\u003eLyn Hejinian\u003cbr\u003eClaire Hero\u003cbr\u003eRick Hilles\u003cbr\u003eRichard Howard\u003cbr\u003eJoy Katz\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Kronovet\u003cbr\u003eLaurie Lamon\u003cbr\u003eBei Ling\u003cbr\u003eLisa Lubasch\u003cbr\u003eJames Magorian\u003cbr\u003eKathryn Maris\u003cbr\u003eGail Mazur\u003cbr\u003eJane Mead\u003cbr\u003eAnder Monson\u003cbr\u003eCarol Muske-Dukes\u003cbr\u003eJeff Oaks\u003cbr\u003eJoe Osterhaus\u003cbr\u003eRobert Pinsky\u003cbr\u003eJohn Poch\u003cbr\u003ePaisley Rekdal\u003cbr\u003eLloyd Schwartz\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Smith\u003cbr\u003eDavid St. John\u003cbr\u003eSamn Stockwell\u003cbr\u003eMeredith Stricker\u003cbr\u003eZona Teti\u003cbr\u003eAnn Townsend\u003cbr\u003eReetika Vazirani\u003cbr\u003eRosanna Warren\u003cbr\u003eKerri Webster\u003cbr\u003eMarlys West\u003cbr\u003eScott Withiam\u003cbr\u003eCharles Wright\u003cbr\u003eC. Dale Young\u003cbr\u003eDean Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITOR PROFILE\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Hennessy","brand":"Ploughshares","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072656130288,"sku":"2940148452973","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148452973_p0.jpg?v=1764003992","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148452973","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}