×
Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date.
For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now.

Ploughshares Winter 2011-2012 Guest-Edited by Alice Hoffman
200
by Alice Hoffman, James Franco, Ursula K. Le Guin, Elizabeth Bishop, Ann LearyAlice Hoffman
NOOK Book(eBook)
Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps.
WANT A NOOK?
Explore Now
LEND ME®
See Details
6.99
In Stock
Overview
The Winter 2011-2012 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Alice Hoffman. This 40th anniversary issue edited by best-selling novelist Alice Hoffman (The Dovekeepers, Practical Magic) features new work from Ursula K. Le Guin, Marge Piercy, Jennifer Haigh, Ann Hood, and Wally Lamb; an interview with Elizabeth Bishop from the archives; and a story from Ploughshares' first Emerging Fiction Writer's Award winner Thomas Lee.
Full Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Alice Hoffman
EDITOR PROFILE
by Alexandra Marshall
FICTION
"Tomato Season," by Ruth Blank
"The Deer," by James Franco
"Hold the Dark," by William Giraldi
"Paramour," by Jennifer Haigh
"Code Blue," by Ann Hood
"Run," by Joshua Howes
"The Governess and the Tree," by Rachel Kadish
"Girl Skipping Rope," by Wally Lamb
"Safety," by Ann Leary
"The Gospel of Blackbird," by Thomas Lee
NONFICTION
"Coming of Age in Book Country," by Bonnnie Friedman
POETRY by
Paula Bohince
Martha Collins
Kerry James
Ursula K. Le Guin
Sydney Lea
Anna Margolin
J. D. McClatchy
Campbell McGrath
Jennifer Militello
Joseph Millar
Marge Piercy
Nicholas Samaras
Philip Schultz
Megan Sexton
Sue Standing
Jane Summer
Mary Szybist
Matthew Thorburn
MISC.
Messing About in Boats: A Plan B Essay by Michael Anania
FROM THE ARCHIVES
"The Work!" An Interview with Elizabeth Bishop: George Starbuck (from issue 11, Spring 1977)
BOOKSHELF
DeWitt Henry reviews: What is Left the Daughter, by Howard Norman
Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough reviews: Unseen Hand: Poems, by Adam Zagajewski
Jocelyn Lieu reviews: Train Dreams: A Novella, by Denis Johnson
Maryanne O'Hara reviews: The Foremost Good Fortune: A Memoir, by Susan Conley
Linwood Rumney reviews: How like Foreign Objects: Poems, by Alexis Orgera
Full Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Alice Hoffman
EDITOR PROFILE
by Alexandra Marshall
FICTION
"Tomato Season," by Ruth Blank
"The Deer," by James Franco
"Hold the Dark," by William Giraldi
"Paramour," by Jennifer Haigh
"Code Blue," by Ann Hood
"Run," by Joshua Howes
"The Governess and the Tree," by Rachel Kadish
"Girl Skipping Rope," by Wally Lamb
"Safety," by Ann Leary
"The Gospel of Blackbird," by Thomas Lee
NONFICTION
"Coming of Age in Book Country," by Bonnnie Friedman
POETRY by
Paula Bohince
Martha Collins
Kerry James
Ursula K. Le Guin
Sydney Lea
Anna Margolin
J. D. McClatchy
Campbell McGrath
Jennifer Militello
Joseph Millar
Marge Piercy
Nicholas Samaras
Philip Schultz
Megan Sexton
Sue Standing
Jane Summer
Mary Szybist
Matthew Thorburn
MISC.
Messing About in Boats: A Plan B Essay by Michael Anania
FROM THE ARCHIVES
"The Work!" An Interview with Elizabeth Bishop: George Starbuck (from issue 11, Spring 1977)
BOOKSHELF
DeWitt Henry reviews: What is Left the Daughter, by Howard Norman
Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough reviews: Unseen Hand: Poems, by Adam Zagajewski
Jocelyn Lieu reviews: Train Dreams: A Novella, by Denis Johnson
Maryanne O'Hara reviews: The Foremost Good Fortune: A Memoir, by Susan Conley
Linwood Rumney reviews: How like Foreign Objects: Poems, by Alexis Orgera
Product Details
BN ID: | 2940014005029 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Ploughshares |
Publication date: | 12/01/2011 |
Series: | Ploughshares , #374 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | NOOK Book |
Pages: | 200 |
File size: | 2 MB |
About the Author

Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Hometown:
Boston, MassachusettsDate of Birth:
March 16, 1952Place of Birth:
New York, New YorkEducation:
B.A., Adelphi University, 1973; M.A., Stanford University, 1974Website:
http://www.alicehoffman.comCustomer Reviews
Related Searches
Explore More Items
Heat Level: 2 ½ - 3 Single mother Alice Meyer's 35th birthday finds her unemployed ...
Heat Level: 2 ½ - 3 Single mother Alice Meyer's 35th birthday finds her unemployed
with her eighteen-year-old twins graduated from high school and leaving home, while she, the eldest of seven girls sews the seed pearls on yet another ...
A Quirky Fairytale for the Green at Heart Betrayed, angry, and newly divorced, Alice Owens ...
A Quirky Fairytale for the Green at Heart Betrayed, angry, and newly divorced, Alice Owens
found solace in a beautiful garden she planted on the abandoned lot next to her tiny house in Falls Church, Virginia. But when a developer ...
Alice Hoffman, nerveusement détruite après la disparition de son fils de 11 ans lors d'une ...
Alice Hoffman, nerveusement détruite après la disparition de son fils de 11 ans lors d'une
terrible catastrophe fluviale, a décidé de mourir. Mais elle se réveille dans une clinique, cinquante-trois jours après sa tentative de suicide. Ses souvenirs reviennent en ...
Alice didn't fall down a rabbit hole. She was pushed down a staircase. She wakes ...
Alice didn't fall down a rabbit hole. She was pushed down a staircase. She wakes
up in Oz as the newest participant of the 27th Alice Games. If Alice can survive the journey to the Emerald Castle and select Red ...
Alice Hoffman: Queen of Bogue Banks is the unbelievable historical account of a too-large-for-life woman ...
Alice Hoffman: Queen of Bogue Banks is the unbelievable historical account of a too-large-for-life woman
who decides to forge her own way in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hoffman's adventure centers around a clash of cultures, a legal ...
The Spring 2004 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Jorie Graham. Ploughshares, a journal of new ...
The Spring 2004 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Jorie Graham. Ploughshares, a journal of new
writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jorie Graham (The Dream of ...
The Winter 2002-03 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by C.D. Wright. Ploughshares, a journal of new ...
The Winter 2002-03 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by C.D. Wright. Ploughshares, a journal of new
writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.Edited by renowned poet C.D. Wright (Deepstep Come Shining, Tremble), ...
The Winter 2003-04 issue of Ploughshares, edited by David Daniel and Don Lee. Ploughshares, a ...
The Winter 2003-04 issue of Ploughshares, edited by David Daniel and Don Lee. Ploughshares, a
journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.Edited by award-winning poet David Daniel (Seven-Star ...