Accompany Ellen Bass, Tom Jenks, Becky Hagenston, Tony Hoagland and others as they wrestle withthe vulnerability of contemporary life, navigating party allegiance and confronting the contrast betweenhope and hopelessness. Grapple with gun violence, child abduction, and the employment of high schoolboys in slaughterhouses. Witness the extinction of Galápagos turtles and visit Florida, São Paulo, LopezIsland, and eastern Turkey. Attend goodbyes, embrace calamity, and accept the discomfort of seeing aloved one for the last time. Flounder in narratives cultivated from the world around all of us.About PloughsharesPloughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's four issues areguest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles;the Fall and Winter issues are staff-edited.Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary Americanliterature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertainingliterature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares "the Tritonamong minnows."