The Fall 1996 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Richard Ford. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Richard Ford

EDITOR PROFILE
Don Lee

FICTION
"Buried Treasure," by Ann Beattie
"The Tragic Stiletto of Trabzon," by Ira Sadoff
"At the Edge of the New World," by Dale Ray Phillips
"Two Altercations," by Richard Bausch
"Midnight Ride," by Tess Gallagher
"Coming and Going," by Tess Gallagher
"Fourteen," by Bo Caldwell
"Come Live with Me and Be My Love," by Andrew Sean Greer
"About Fifty Band-Aids," by Shane DuBow
"Search Bay," by Alyson Hagy
"The Star of Africa," by Leslie Bienen

POSTSCRIPTS
Don Lee,"Cohen Award Winner Janet Desaulniers"
Don Lee," Cohen Award Winner Louise Gluck"