Ploughshares Spring 1993 Guest-Edited by Al Young

The Spring 1993 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Al Young. 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 Al Young, "Cellar Notes" EDITOR PROFILE Don Lee FICTION "Synapse and Grace," by Laura Ellen Scott "Proper Library," by Carolyn Ferrell Excerpt from "A Reluctant Education," by Paulette Bates Alden "Paper Garden," by Jerome Wilson "Poetry Night," by Janet Coleman "Postcards," by Joshua Henkin Excerpt from "Him," by Ginger Wineinger "Faith," by James D. Houston "Mad Girls, Ghosts, Grace, and the Big Break in the City of Sisterly Love," by Stewart David Ikeda POETRY Cyrus Cassells Morton Marcus Carl Phillips Colette Inez Ann Snodgrass Peggy Shumaker Terese Svoboda Rex Wilder Russell Susumu Endo Michele Glazer Dixie Partridge Richard Tillinghast Martín Espada Patrick Sylvain Ray A. Young Bear Peter Schmitt Sam Cornish Frank Russell Jack Ridl Martin McKinsey Sheila J. Packa Stacey Land Johnson Jan Bailey Jim Kupecz James Scofield Kevin Young Susan Ludvigson Natasha Saje Jack Marshall Rodney Wittwer Mary Clark Susan Jane Gilman Dinah Berland Shep Clyman Jane Hirshfield David Mamet Gabrielle Glancy Nance Van Winckel Colleen J. McElroy