Ploughshares at Emerson College Fall 2008, Vol.34, Nos.2 & 3

The Fall 2008 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by James Alan McPherson. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. Guest-edited by James Alan McPherson, the Fall 2008 issue of Ploughshares features stories and essays by authors such as Alex Rose, Mary Swan, and M. G. Stephens. In the Introduction, McPherson writers about his choices for the "If there is a common thread in the stories here, I think it must be the communal effort to gain perspective on the highly complex areas of our fuzzy and fragmented American reality." Full Table of Contents INTRODUCTION James Alan McPherson EDITOR PROFILE DeWitt Henry FICTION "The Incurables," by Mark Brazaitis "Are You Passing?" by Allen Gee "Fort Macon," by David Gullette "Salk and Sabin," by Kirsten Menger-Anderson "Ostracon," by Alex Rose "Bless Everybody," by Steven Schwartz "Spin," by Aurelie Sheehan "When Thou Art King," by Amy Stuber "Old Sins," by Mary Swan "Alex, the Barista," by Joyce E. Turner NONFICTION "Lady Fingers," by Ryan Berg "Sunday Morning at the Marlin Cafe," by M. G. Stephens EDITORS' SHELF