The Winter 2010-11 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Terrance Hayes. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. This issue of Ploughshares features selections of poetry and prose by National Book Award finalist Terrance Hayes, including new work from poets Wanda Coleman, Major Jackson, Denis Johnson, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Jericho Brown and stories from Ben Percy, Christine Sneed, and Hilary Masters. The volume also includes a profile of Hayes, an introduction by Hayes, as well as book reviews and more. INTRODUCTION Terrance Hayes The Sentenced Museum EDITOR PROFILE by Robert N. Casper FICTION Sherrie Flick "The Lake" Rebecca Johns "Perpetua in Glory" Hilary Masters "Wonder Bread" Emily Mitchell "States" Benjamin Percy (illustrations by Danica Novgorodoff) "The Red Balloon" Christine Sneed "The Prettiest Girls" Michael Yang "The Monster in the Mountain" POETRY by Dick Allen Julianna Baggott Jericho Brown CM Burroughs Sigman Byrd Tina Chang Wanda Coleman Brendan Constantine Weston Cutter Joel Dias-Porter LaTasha Diggs Sharon Dolin Denise Duhamel Chris Forhan Santee Frazier Frank Giampietro Eugene Gloria Major Jackson Denis Johnson Kimberly Johnson Joy Katz Douglas Kearney Yusef Komunyakaa Lance Larsen Alessandra Lynch Adrian Matejka Shara McCallum David Mills Gregory Pardlo Ed Pavlic Roger Reeves John Rybicki Tomaz Salamun (translated by Michael Biggins) Steve Scafidi Betsy Sholl Ed Skoog Aaron Smith Tracy K. Smith Larissa Szporluk Nicole Terez Dutton Lynne Thompson David Wagoner Joshua Weiner Philip White Crystal Williams Ghassan Zaqtan (translated by Fady Joudah) MISC. Edith Pearlman Someday You'll Find A Plan B Essay BOOKSHELF Cara Blue Adams How to Leave Hialeah Fady Joudah Tocqueville Ian Singleton Shirley Novels and Stories John Skoyles A Mouth in California and The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry
