The Winter 2009-10 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Tony Hoagland. This issue of Ploughshares features fiction from Linda Bamber, Eddie Lewis, Cara Olexa, Nic Pizzolatto, David MacLean, Rebecca Makkai, and John Weir, as well as poetry from Howard Altmann, James Arthur, L. S. Asekoff, and others. The volume also includes a profile of Hoagland, an introduction by Hoagland, as well as book reviews and more.Table of Contents:INTRODUCTIONTony HoaglandFICTION Linda Bamber, "Tempo and Duration"Eddie Lewis, "Remembering Ray Borque"David Stuart MacLean, "The Answer to the Riddle Is Me"Rebecca Makkai, "Painted Ocean, Painted Ship"Cara Olexa, "Flood Story"Nic Pizzolatto, "Graves of Light"John Weir, "Foolish Man Blues"POETRY byHoward AltmannJames ArthurL. S. AsekoffChristian BarterDavid BlairAdrian BlevinsKaren BrennanLee BriccettiStephanie BrownJulie BruckJordan DavisMatthew DickmanStephen DobynsFarrah FieldEmily FragosChristine GarrenJeffrey GreeneKelle GroomJennifer GrotzMark HallidayHenry HartK. A. HaysLila HegnauerJohn HodgenPeter B. HylandGarret KeizerDavid KeplingerDaniel J. LangtonKathryn MarisSharona Ben-Tov MuirMiho NonakaBenjamin PaloffLucia PerilloAlicia Jo RabinsLiam RectorElizabeth ScanlonKatherine SmithElizabeth SmitherLisa Russ SpaarKathryn StarbuckMarc J. StrausBradford Gray TelfordJohn WeirScott WithiamABOUT TONY HOAGLANDA Profile by Jennifer GrotzPOSTSCRIPTSBOOKSHELFChip Cheek reviews "Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It: Stories," by Maile MeloySherrie Flick reviews "The New Valley," by Josh WeilJohn Skoyles reviews "The Extreme of the Middle: Writings of Jack Tworkov," edited by Mira SchorScott Stanfield reviews "Clampdown," by Jennifer MaxleyJoshua Weiner reviews "Selected Poems of Fulke Greville," edited by Thom Gunn