Ploughshares Fall 1991

The Fall 1991 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by DeWitt Henry and Joyce Peseroff. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.This 20th anniversary issue, guest-edited by Ploughshares founder DeWitt Henry and longtime poetry editor Joyce Peseroff, celebrates the writers and editors who were a part of the magazine's first two decades. Henry and Peseroff "set out to convene the extended community of Ploughshares editors by soliciting new poetry, fiction, and commentary from them." In addition to work from this community, the issue also features unsolicited writing from talented young authors. This classic back issue features a number of prominent writers, including Jennifer Egan, Andre Dubus, Joy Williams, Donald Hall, Mary Karr, Tess Gallagher, and Rita Dove, among others.Full Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONDeWitt Henry and Joyce PeseroffFICTION"Leaving Letitia Street," by Jacqueline Simon"Puerto Vallarta," by Jennifer Egan"Beautiful Vases," by Joe David Bellamy"Breva," by Fred Viebahn"Bedtime Story," by Pamela Painter"White Eggplant," by Elizabeth Searle"A Wronged Husband," by David Gates"Boston," by Joy Harjo"The Lover," by Andre Dubus"Neversink," by Eileen Pollack"Craving," by Joy Williams"Days of Heaven," by Rick BassNONFICTION"Lion: A Memoir of Mark Van Doren," by Dan Wakefield"In Praise of Rhyme," by Richard TillinghastPOETRY byAlice FultonRobin BeckerRussell EdsonPatricia TraxlerRobert PinskyTom SleighLeslie Adrienne MillerSuzanne OwensMaureen SeatonSam CornishMichael MilburnEllen Bryant VoigtHa JinJane KenyonFranz WrightDavid WojahnAllen GrossmanDonald HallCharles SimicLloyd SchwartzSteven CramerMary KarrRuth MoritzDavid GulletteGerald CostanzoTess GallagherBina AgarwalDavid RivardRichard TillinghastDavid FerryMaxine KuminLucie Brock-BroidoMarilyn HackerJennifer RoseRobert PolitoJane ShoreMark RudmanGail MazurMark HallidayLorrie GoldensohnMaura StantonSandra YannoneThomas LuxAlice MattisonRobert BlyMadeline DeFreesEleanor Ross TaylorLynda HullRafael CampoAndrew FeldCarolyne WrightStuart DischellFanny HoweAlbert GoldbarthPiotr SommerCyrus CassellsAndrea CohenCarol FrostAlan WilliamsonMargo LockwoodCelia GilbertDiann Blakely ShoafM. L. RosenthalNancy WhiteRita Dove