Ploughshares Spring 1984

The Spring 1984 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Seamus Heaney. 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 Seamus Heaney NONFICTION "The Poet in an Age of Distraction," by Sven Birkerts POETRY William Aarnes Stephen Ajay Alexander Albertus Christopher Benfey Don Bogen George Bogin Philip Booth Marianne Boruch Marguerite Guzman Bouvard Vincent Buckley Hayden Carruth Cherry Conrad Robert Crumm Susan Donnelly Rita Dove John Drury K. E. Duffin Stephen Dunn Kathy Fagan Robert Farnsworth Cheri Fein Frederick Feirstein Brendan Galvin Barry Goldensohn Laurence Goldstein J. B. Goodenough Eamon Grennan Marilyn Hacker Mark Halliday Thomas Heffernan Fanny Howe Colette Inez Joyce James Shirley Kaufman George Lee Miriam Levine Osip Mandelstam Robert Tracy Debbie LeMieux Philip Mahony David McKain Roberta Metz Swann Michael Milburn Roger Mitchell Edward Morin Richard Moore Erika Mumford Debra Nystrom Harvey Oxenhorn Anne Pitkin Gibbons Ruark Terry Savoie James Schevill Nancy Schoenberger Tamara Schulz-Kivi Macklin Smith Kathleen Spivack Sue Standing Stephanie Strickland Jason Sommer Elizabeth Spires Robyn Supraner Brian Swann Deborah Tall John Unterecker Marisella L. Veiga Michael Waters Stephen Watts J. O. Wayne David Weiss Emily Wheeler