{"product_id":"2940148661733","title":"Ploughshares Winter 2005-2006 Guest-Edited by David St. John","description":"The Winter 2005-06 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by David St. John. 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\u003eAcclaimed poet and essayist David St. John (Hush, Prism) compiles this volume of poems and stories that embody the heterogeneity of contemporary literary style. \"The greatest strength of American literature,\" says St. John in this volume's introduction, \"has been, at its source, its plurality of voices, its multitude of styles, and its consistent resistance to the coercion of what we have imagined to be prevailing literary trends.\" Featuring works from former Ploughshares guest editors Edward Hirsch, Carl Phillips, and Alice Hoffman; Ploughshares Cohen award winners Ron Carlson and Maxine Swann; and acclaimed poets like Mark Doty and Jane Hirshfield, this volume mirrors St. John's preference for works that defy convention and, indeed, treat literary trends as \"an anachronism.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eDavid St. John\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Talk,\" by Ann Beattie\u003cbr\u003e\"In the Old Firehouse, by Ron Carlson\u003cbr\u003e\"Saint Helene,\" by Alice Hoffman\u003cbr\u003e\"The Sweetness of Her Name,\" by Jean McGarry\u003cbr\u003e\"Church Owl,\" by Howard Norman\u003cbr\u003e\"Secret,\" by Maxine Swann\u003cbr\u003e\"The Heiress from Horn Lake,\" by Katherine Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOETRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRalph Angel\u003cbr\u003eMarvin Bell\u003cbr\u003eCharles Bennett\u003cbr\u003eElena Karina Byrne\u003cbr\u003eMichael Collier\u003cbr\u003eCathy Colman\u003cbr\u003eMark Doty\u003cbr\u003eNorman Dubie\u003cbr\u003eLynn Emanuel\u003cbr\u003eD. W. Fenza\u003cbr\u003eCB Follett\u003cbr\u003eChris Forhan\u003cbr\u003eDoreen Gildoy\u003cbr\u003eKathleen Halme III\u003cbr\u003eJudith Harris\u003cbr\u003eJeffrey Harrison\u003cbr\u003eEdward Hirsch\u003cbr\u003eJane Hirshfield\u003cbr\u003eH. L. Hix\u003cbr\u003eJeff Hoffman\u003cbr\u003eJohn Hoppenthaler\u003cbr\u003eDavid Kirby\u003cbr\u003eDavid Lehman\u003cbr\u003eFederico García Lorca\u003cbr\u003eGail Mazur\u003cbr\u003eLeslie Adrienne Miller\u003cbr\u003eCarol Muske-Dukes\u003cbr\u003eJudith Pacht\u003cbr\u003eCandace Pearson\u003cbr\u003eAlison Pelegrin\u003cbr\u003eCarl Phillips\u003cbr\u003eKevin Prufer\u003cbr\u003eLiam Rector\u003cbr\u003ePaisley Rekdal\u003cbr\u003eAlberto Ríos\u003cbr\u003eKatrina Roberts\u003cbr\u003eDavid Romtvedt\u003cbr\u003eMartha Ronk\u003cbr\u003eMira Rosenthal\u003cbr\u003eAmy Newlove Schroeder\u003cbr\u003eJane Shore\u003cbr\u003eSusan Terris\u003cbr\u003eRichard Tillinghast\u003cbr\u003eRonald Wallace\u003cbr\u003eCharles Harper Webb\u003cbr\u003eC. Dale Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITOR PROFILE\u003cbr\u003eby Susan Terris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOSTSCRIPT\u003cbr\u003eZacharis Award Winner Richard McCann","brand":"Ploughshares","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148855656688,"sku":"2940148661733","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148661733_p0.jpg?v=1764004192","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148661733","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}