Issues

Ploughshares publishes issues four times a year. Two of these issues are guest-edited by different, prominent authors. The other two issues are edited by our staff editors, one a mix of poetry and prose and the other long-form prose.

  • A journal cover: drawing of a deer jumping behind a house with a city in the background
    Issue #36
    Poetry

    Spring 1985

    $6.99
    Guest Editor

    The Spring 1985 issue, guest edited by Thomas Lux, features poetry by James Tate, John Skoyles, and more. Cover art by David True.

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  • A journal cover with a painting of an old woman sitting with a dog who is eating soup
    Issue #35
    Fiction, Poetry

    Winter 1984

    $6.99
    Guest Editors

    The Winter 1984-85 issue, guest edited by Jane Shore.

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  • A journal cover with purple text and a black and white drawing of a young woman
    Issue #34
    Fiction, Nonfiction

    Fall 1984

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    Guest Editors

    The Fall 1984 issue, guest edited by Anne Bernays and Justin Kaplan, features prose by Randolph Bates, Annie Dillard, and more. Cover art by Parmigianino.

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  • A journal cover: black and white image of bare trees with petals on the ground
    Issue #33
    Poetry

    Spring 1984

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    Guest Editor

    The Spring 1984 issue, guest edited by Seamus Heaney.

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  • A journal cove with a photograph of a house with a white picket fence and trees
    Issue #32
    Fiction

    Winter 1983

    $6.99
    Guest Editor

    The Winter 1983-84 issue, guest edited by Raymond Carver.

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  • A journal cover: colored painting of two men walking across a field by a train track
    Issue #31
    Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

    Fall 1983

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    The Fall 1983 issue, guest edited by Richard Tillinghast and George Garrett, features poetry and prose by Turner Cassity, Fred Chappell, and more. Cover art by Carroll Cloar.

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  • A journal cover of an abstract image of pink flowers in a green vase
    Issue #30
    Fiction, Poetry

    Spring 1983

    $6.99
    Guest Editor

    The Spring 1983 issue, guest edited by Gail Mazur.

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  • A journal cover with a black and white photograph if a wooden tool stuck in the dirt
    Issue #29
    Fiction

    Winter 1982

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    Guest Editor

    The Winter 1982-83 issue features prose by Al Young, Andre Dubus, and more.

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  • A journal cover with vintage art of a person drinking a Coke and yellow tiled floors
    Issue #28
    Fiction, Poetry

    Fall 1982

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    Guest Editor

    The Fall 1982 issue, guest edited by Donald Hall, features poetry and prose by Rita Dove, Raymond Carver, and more. Cover art by George Schneeman.

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  • A beige journal cover with an abstract image of three people talking
    Issue #27
    Nonfiction, Poetry

    Spring 1982

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    Guest Editor

    The Spring 1982 issue, guest edited by Joyce Peseroff, features poetry and prose by Donald Hall, Maxine Kumin, and more. Cover art by Ralph Hamilton.

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  • A journal cover of a morphed sunset sky and an old black and white image of a man
    Issue #26
    Fiction

    Winter 1981-82

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    Guest Editor

    The Winter 1981-82 issue, guest edited by Dan Wakefield, features prose by John Williams, Richard Yates, and more. Cover art by Eve Babitz.

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  • A journal cover with black and white artwork of a boat rowing down a river
    Issue #25
    Fiction, Poetry

    Summer 1981

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    Guest Editor

    The Summer 1981 issue, guest edited by Alan Williamson, features poetry and prose by Steven Ablon, Anne Winters, and more. Cover art by Ralph Hamilton.

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  • A journal cover of a charcoal drawing of a black man in profile
    Issue #24
    Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

    Spring 1981

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    Guest Editor

    The Spring 1981 issue, guest edited by James Randall, features poetry and prose by Edward P. Jones, Kathleen Lake, and more.

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  • A journal cover of a black and white sketch of a dress in a dry cleaner's bag
    Issue #23
    Fiction, Poetry

    Winter 1980-81

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    The Winter 1980-81 issue, guest edited by Lorrie Goldensohn and Jayne Anne Phillips, features poetry and prose by Alan Feldman, Ivy Goodman, and more. Cover art by Jerry Liebling.

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  • A journal cover with red text and a black and white image of wooden boards
    Issue #22
    Fiction

    Fall 1980

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    Guest Editor

    The Fall 1980 issue, guest edited by Jay Neugeboren, features prose by Niccolò Tucci, Sue Miller, and more. Cover art by Susan R.Z. Slovinsky.

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  • A journal cover with red flowers with long green stems against an off-white background
    Issue #21
    Nonfiction, Poetry

    Summer 1980

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    Guest Editor

    The Summer 1980 issue, guest edited by Gail Mazur, features poetry and prose by Frank Bidart, Jane Kenyon, and more. Cover art by Michael Mazur.

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