Ploughshares Vol. 5 No. 3

The Fall 1979 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by James Randall. 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 FICTION "The Infinite Passion of Expectation," by Gina Berriault "At St. Croix," by Andre Dubus "With Richard in Claygate," by Amanda Holmes "A Length of Wire," by Megan Staffel "The Sayings of Mr. Purple," by James Tate "Long Talking Bad Conditions Blues," by Ronald Sukenick "The Right Bread and the Left," by Stratis Haviaras NONFICTION "An Interview with Seamus Heaney," by James Randall "The Achievement of Gina Berriault," by Richard Yates POETRY Seamus Heaney Derek Mahon Lewis Turco Erica Funkhouser Philip Booth Peter Gurnis Elizabeth Waterhouse Judith Thompson Geoffrey Movius Fanny Howe Richard Tillinghast Emily Chatfield Harold Bond Carolyne Wright Shari Berkowitz Deborah Tall Gerald McCarthy Ginny MacKenzie Ifeanyi Menkiti Jean Nordhaus Elizabeth McKim Karen Conrad Douglas Delaney Colette Inez Cid Corman Miriam Levine Carol Muske-Dukes Ray Ronci Larry Levis Thomas Lux Marcia Southwick William Doreski Cleopatra Mathis David Ignatow ART "The Visit (a monotype sequence)," by Michael Mazur