Ploughshares Spring 1979 Guest-Edited by Ellen Bryan Voigt and Lorrie Goldensohn

The Spring 1979 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Ellen Bryant Voigt and Lorrie Goldensohn. 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 NONFICTION "The Disappearance of Weldon Kees," by Sharon Libera "Two Strains: Some Thoughts About English Words," by Lisel Mueller "To Study Our Lives," by Wendy Martin "Elizabeth Bishop: The Art of Changing Your Mind," by Jane Shore "Sandra McPherson: The Year of Our Birth," by Paul Nelson "Through the Looking Glass: The Romance of the Perceptual in Contemporary Poetry," by Mary Kinzie POETRY Tom Absher Angela Ball Jane Barnes Michael Benedikt Suzanne E. Berger Eavan Boland Kathy Callaway Ann Fox Chandonnet Steven Cramer Jennifer Crewe Mary Crow W. S. Di Piero Stephen Dobyns Jeanne Dowd Lorrie Goldensohn Sarah Gorham Jorie Graham Jeffrey Greene Barbara Greenberg Linda Gregerson Marilyn Hacker Donald Hall James Baker Hall Carol Baker Hansen Madeleine Hennessy Adam LeFevre Nancy Sherman Lewis Fran Lindsay Lyn Lifshin Judith Kroll Linda McCarriston Gardner McFall Heather McHugh Jane Miller Paul Nelson Richard Nester Mary Oliver Bea Opengart Nina Payne Paula Rankin Susan Irene Rea Carol Ann Russell Michael Ryan Herbert Scott Alan Shapiro Laurie Sheck Dave Smith Susan Stewart Dona Stein Dabney Stuart Mary Swander Elaine Terranova Michael Van Walleghen Ellen Bryant Voigt Peter Wild