{"product_id":"2940148662181","title":"Ploughshares Spring 2006","description":"The Spring 2006 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Kevin Young. 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\u003eGuest-edited by noted poet Kevin Young, the Spring 2006 issue of Ploughshares contains prose and poetry by acclaimed authors including Barry Gifford, Mary Gordon, Campbell McGrath, D. Nurkse, and Natasha Trethewey. In his Introduction to the issue, Kevin Young ruminates about the Plough \u0026amp; Stars, the bar where the journal was founded, a place where, \"shelter in the darkness, a few rumors, and something to keep us cool\" created the perfect \"recipe for art.\" Young asserts that it is this recipe that denotes the connection between the authors' respective works, beyond any restrictive school of thought. \"These poems and stories,\" he writes, \"possess a sense of electricity and necessity that courses through the best of our art.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eKevin Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITOR PROFILE\u003cbr\u003eRobert Arnold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One Leg,\" by Barry Gifford\u003cbr\u003e\"Eleanor's Music,\" by Mary Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\"Chasing Birds,\" by Christina Henriquez\u003cbr\u003e\"Spectator,\" by Valerie Laken\u003cbr\u003e\"Everyone Looks Better When They're Under Arrest,\" by Ander Monson\u003cbr\u003e\"Oral Histories,\" by Ghita Schwarz\u003cbr\u003e\"Sugar Bowl,\" by Danzy Senna\u003cbr\u003e\"What Will Happen to the Sharma Family,\" by Samrat Uphadhyay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOETRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuan Barry\u003cbr\u003eEdward Bartok-Baratta\u003cbr\u003eDon Bogen\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Bowman\u003cbr\u003eVictoria Chang\u003cbr\u003eJim Daniels\u003cbr\u003eKyle G. Dargan\u003cbr\u003eJeff Fallis\u003cbr\u003eMichele Glazer\u003cbr\u003eWalter Griffin\u003cbr\u003eKelle Groom\u003cbr\u003eForrest Hamer\u003cbr\u003eBob Hicok\u003cbr\u003eSean Hill\u003cbr\u003eSteven Huff\u003cbr\u003eDavid Keplinger\u003cbr\u003eMarilyn Krysl\u003cbr\u003eEsther Lee\u003cbr\u003eBen Lerner\u003cbr\u003eFred Marchant\u003cbr\u003eKathryn Maris\u003cbr\u003eCate Marvin\u003cbr\u003eCampbell McGrath\u003cbr\u003eD. Nurkse\u003cbr\u003eSue Owen\u003cbr\u003eDavid Rivard\u003cbr\u003eCatie Rosemurgy\u003cbr\u003eTim Ross\u003cbr\u003eC. J. Sage\u003cbr\u003eReginald Shepherd\u003cbr\u003eTaije Silverman\u003cbr\u003eEd Skoog\u003cbr\u003eBruce Smith\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Smith\u003cbr\u003eEleanor Stanford\u003cbr\u003eHeidi Lynn Staples\u003cbr\u003eJulia Story\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Tornes\u003cbr\u003eNatasha Trethewey\u003cbr\u003eJason Waldrop\u003cbr\u003eDean Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITORS' SHELF\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ploughshares","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148855853296,"sku":"2940148662181","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148662181_p0.jpg?v=1763712034","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148662181","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}