The Fall 1992 issue of Ploughshares, guest edited by Tobias Wolff. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Acclaimed memoirist and novelist Tobias Wolff compiles this fiction issue of Ploughshares. In Wolff's introduction to the issue, he says, "It goes without saying that another editor would have put together, from the same available manuscripts, a different issue. I can only hope, Dear Reader , that your excitements coincide sufficiently with mine to allow you some of the pleasure and wonder I have felt, reading the pages to come." Featuring work from Dan Chaon, Andre Dubus, Stuart Dybek, Susan Power, Mona Simpson, Jessica Treadway, and nonfiction by Susan Bergman.
INTRODUCTION
Tobias Wolff
NONFICTION
"Imago," by Susan Bergman
FICTION
"Rex the King," by Mary Bush
"Fraternity," by Dan Chaon
"Cadet Barnes Learns the System," by George Cruys
"Woman on a Plane," by Andre Dubus
"A Confluence of Doors," by Stuart Dybek
"Grass" by Paul Griner
"An Introduction to Philosophy" by Susan Hubbard
"Kennedy's Head," by Robert Olmstead
"Moonwalk," by Susan Power
"Van Castle," by Mona Simpson
"OBST VW," by Sharon Solwitz
"Down in the Valley," by Jessica Treadway
"Po Lives on the Y," by Christopher Zenowich
"A Pat on the Cheek," by Vassilis Tsiamboussis, translated by Martin McKinsey
The Fall 1992 issue of Ploughshares, guest edited by Tobias Wolff. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Acclaimed memoirist and novelist Tobias Wolff compiles this fiction issue of Ploughshares. In Wolff's introduction to the issue, he says, "It goes without saying that another editor would have put together, from the same available manuscripts, a different issue. I can only hope, Dear Reader , that your excitements coincide sufficiently with mine to allow you some of the pleasure and wonder I have felt, reading the pages to come." Featuring work from Dan Chaon, Andre Dubus, Stuart Dybek, Susan Power, Mona Simpson, Jessica Treadway, and nonfiction by Susan Bergman.
INTRODUCTION
Tobias Wolff
NONFICTION
"Imago," by Susan Bergman
FICTION
"Rex the King," by Mary Bush
"Fraternity," by Dan Chaon
"Cadet Barnes Learns the System," by George Cruys
"Woman on a Plane," by Andre Dubus
"A Confluence of Doors," by Stuart Dybek
"Grass" by Paul Griner
"An Introduction to Philosophy" by Susan Hubbard
"Kennedy's Head," by Robert Olmstead
"Moonwalk," by Susan Power
"Van Castle," by Mona Simpson
"OBST VW," by Sharon Solwitz
"Down in the Valley," by Jessica Treadway
"Po Lives on the Y," by Christopher Zenowich
"A Pat on the Cheek," by Vassilis Tsiamboussis, translated by Martin McKinsey