Ploughshares Fall 1983 Guest-Edited by Richard Tillinghast and George Garrett

The Fall 1983 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Richard Tillinghast and George Garrett. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.Table of ContentsFICTION"A Family of Three Sketches," by Heather Ross Miller"Island," by Edward P. Jones"My Only Homerun," by Tom Whalen"The Letters," by Paul Ramsey"Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada," by David TillinghastExcerpt from "Departing as Air," by Allen Wier"Hog-Killing Weather," by Paul Ruffin"Wedding Night," by Tom Hawkins"Cumberland Spring," by Joseph Maiolo"The Auction," by Tom AldersonNONFICTION"An Interview with Shelby Foote," by Richard Tillinghast"A Foreword to Andrew Lytle," by Douglas PaschallPOETRYRobert Penn WarrenDonald JusticeCharles WrightJames DickeyPaul RamseyPeter CooleyR. H. W. DillardAndrew HudginsFred ChappellTurner CassityEverette MaddoxJeanne LarsenWilliam HarmonC. D. WrightH. T. Kirby-SmithColeman BarksDavid BottomsBin RamkeHenry TaylorYusef KomunyakaaJames ApplewhiteDave SmithGibbons RuarkWilliam HathawayJeanie ThompsonCharles A. KilmerVan K. BrockJames Baker HallDabney StuartCarolyne WrightEllen Bryant VoigtFrances MayesWyatt PruntyDavid HuddleCarol CoxThomas RabbittCarol PosterMarly YoumansRoger SaulsJackson DavisWilliam PageCathryn HanklaReginald GibbonsDon DuPreeDavid SpicerDavid KirbyMiller WilliamsJohn BiguenetEleanor Ross Taylor