The Spring 2010 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Elizabeth Strout. This issue of Ploughshares features fiction by Richard Bausch, Lisa Cupolo, Mary Gordon, Amy Hempel, Carol Keeley, Marjorie Kemper, Scott Nadelson, Joyce Carol Oates, E. V. Slate, and Kathryn Staley as well as poetry by Amy Beeder, Dan Bellm, Justin Bigos, and others. The volume also includes a profile of Strout, an introduction by Strout, as well as book reviews and more.Table of Contents:INTRODUCTIONElizabeth StroutFICTION Richard Bausch, "We Belong Together"Lisa Cupolo, "Long Division"Mary Gordon, "Ars Longa"Amy Hempel, "Greed"Carol Keeley, "Cremains"Marjorie Kemper, "A Memo from Your Temp"Scott Nadelson, "Dolph Schayes's Broken Arm"Joyce Carol Oates, "Distance"E. V. Slate, "The Sailor"Kathryn Staley, "Marty"POETRY byAmy BeederDan BellmJustin BigosPaula BohinceCathy Smith BowersHa Kiet ChauBruce CohenMichael CollierCarol V. DavisJehanne DubrowRobert FarnsworthStephen GibsonDoreen GildroyMary GordonBob HicokEdward HirschDavid KirbyMark KraushaarDana LevinBridget LoweJynne Dilling MartinMichael MilburnJames Thomas MillerRoger MitchellHonor MooreAmy NewmanD. NurkseRebecca OkrentLinda PastanBeth Woodcome PlatowKatha PollittChelsea RathburnEric RawsonJay RogoffNicholas SamarasAustin SegrestAlan ShapiroFaith ShearinCharlie SmithJeffrey ThomsonABOUT ELIZABETH STROUTA Profile by Ladette RandolphMISC.Antonya NelsonAvocation: A Plan B EssayBOOKSHELFAkshay Ahuja reviews "The Geometry of God," by Uzma Aslam KhanFady Joudah reviews "Restoration: Poems," by Christina PughMichael Morse reviews "The Art of Syntax: Rhythm of Thought, Rhythm of Song," by Ellen Bryant VoigtLaura van den Berg reviews "All That Work and Still No Boys," Kathryn Ma