The Winter 1972 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by James Randall. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.
Ploughshares' third issue features work from acclaimed authors Charles Wright (Black Zodiac), Joyce Peseroff (Eastern Mountain Time), William Styron (Sophie's Choice), Sam Cornish (Dead Beats), founder DeWitt Henry, and many others who would continue to have relationships with the magazine over the years, along with an interview with Richard Yates (Revolutionary Road). Guest-editor James Randall, founder of Emerson College's writing program and mentor to successful young poets like Thomas Lux, brought both old and new voices into this powerful early edition of Ploughshares.
POETRY
Robert Kelly
Martha Fritz
Stratis Haviaras
Ling Chung
Kenneth Rexroth
Charles Wright
Katha Pollitt
Marcia Southwick
William J. Gallagher
Sam Cornish
William Meredith
Phyllis Janowitz
Ray Amorosi
Paul Metcalf
Sue Wilkins
John Weiners
Robert Hayford
Joyce Peseroff
Jeff Knapp
Cathleen Quirk
Miriam Levine
John Rogers
Douglas Delaney
Kenneth Irby
Kevin King
FICTION
"Boils Down," by Tom Sullivan
"Family Lottery," by John Bart Gerald
"The Elephant's Decision," by Jean Eddy
"Just Like Everybody Else," by Alphonse Allais
"An Evening With the King of the Jews," by Jeffrey Davis
OTHER PROSE
DeWitt Henry
Geoffrey Clark
William Styron
John Price
REVIEWS
David Gullette
DeWitt Henry
Katha Pollitt
Robert L. McRoberts
James Randall
ART
Paul Hebert
Albertine
David Omar White
