The Spring 1995 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Gary Soto. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION Gary Soto
EDITOR PROFILE Don Lee
FICTION "Mayela One Day in 1989," by Dagoberto Gilb "Nondestructive Testing," by Thomas Beller "Scavenger Bird," by Elizabeth Graver "Charm," by Cornelia Nixon "In France They Turn to Stone When They Die," by Susan Dodd "Smugglers," by Edward Falco
POETRY Jon Veinberg Bob Hicok Martin Espada Dixie Salazar Josephine Redlin Ron Block Richard Garcia Corrinne Hales Rebecca Byrkit Jack Myers Maureen Seaton Leonard Nathan Mark Svenvold Reginald Shepherd Suzanne Paola Nicole Cooley Nona Nimnicht Robin Cooper-Stone Peter Marcus Tim Seibles Kenneth Rosen Cathleen Calbert Nin Andrews Daniel Bourne Thomas Centolella Marcus Cafagna V. Penelope Pelizzon Michelle Boisseau Jana Harris
POSTSCRIPTS Don Lee, "Tim Seibles, Contributor Spotlight"
Elizabeth Graver ΦΒΚ, Wesleyan University, 1986 Contributor
From the publisher: Stories and Poems. Contributors to this issue include: Nin Andrews, Thomas Beller, Ron Block, Michelle Boisseau, Daniel Bourne, Becky Byrkit, Marcus Cafag&ntilda;a, Cathleen Calbert, Thomas Centolella, Nicole Cooley, Robin Cooper-Stone, Susan Dodd, Martín Espada, Edward Falco, Richard Garcia, Dagoberto Gilb, Elizabeth Graver, Corrinne Hales, Jana Harris, Bob Hicok, Peter Marcus, DeLoss McGraw, Jack Myers, Leonard Nathan, Nona Nimnicht, Cornelia Nixon, Suzanne Paola, V. Penelope Pelizzon, Josephine Redlin, Kenneth Rosen, Dixie Salazar, Maureen Seaton, Tim Seibles, Reginald Shepherd, Mark Svenvold, Jon Veinberg