Ploughshares Spring 2005

The Spring 2005 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Martin Espada. 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 noted poet Martin Espada, the Spring 2005 issue of Ploughshares contains prose and poetry by acclaimed authors including Karen Bender, Donald Hall, Yusef Komunyakaa, Pablo Neruda, Sharon Olds, and Adrienne Rich. In his Introduction to the issue, Espada discusses the notion that poetry is dead in America: "Yet we are also a republic of poets, and a nation of storytellers…There are more good poems and stories being produced, and consumed — nay, devoured — in this country than ever before. If this is a funeral, then it's a jazz funeral."Full Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONMartin EspadaEDITOR PROFILECesar A. SalgadoFICTION"Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Away," by Melissa Bank"Mother," by Quang Bao"Refund," by Karen E. Bender"Border," Alyson Hagy"The Great Cheese," by Luke Salisbury"Sleepwalk," by Valerie SayersNONFICTION"Don't Rub Your Eyes," by Doug Anderson"Instead Of," by Ira WoodPOETRYJack AguerosNin AndrewsNaomi AyalaDaniel BerriganRichard BlancoMichelle BoisseauKevin BowenRafael CampoCyrus CassellsNan CohenRobert CordingRobert CreeleyTheordore DeppeRichard GarciaStephen GibsonAracelis GirmayEugene GloriaDonald HallSam HamillNathalie HandalMyronn HardyDavid HernandezBob HicokAl HudginsColette InezYusef KomunyakaaMelissa KwasnyAdrian C. LouisJoshua McKinneyDavid MuraJohn MurilloJoan MurrayPablo NerudaD. NurkseSharon OldsIshle Yi ParkMarge PiercyDannye Romine PowellLeroy QuintanaAdrienne RichEric Paul ShafferR. T. SmithGary SotoGerald SternLidia TorresLewis TurcoChase TwichellDavid WilliamsEDITORS' SHELF