Ploughshares Fall/Winter 1981 Guest-Edited by Dan Wakefield

The Fall/Winter 1981 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Dan Wakefield. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.

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FICTION
Excerpt from from "The Sleep of Reason," by John Williams
Excerpt from "Real Tears," by Tom Nolan
Excerpt from "Mischief Night," by Brock Brower
"Possession (from The Marriage of Anna Maye Potts)," by DeWitt Henry
"A Compassionate Leave," by Richard Yates
"Real Time," by Al Gowan
"Paddy Madigan," by Herbert A. Kenny
"After One," by Myra Goldberg
"Flahrida," by Phillip Green
"Excerpt From The Top of Mt. Everest," by Jan Solet
"Phospherescence," by April Smith
"Birds, Beasts, Flowers," by Sharyn Layfield
"The Coggios," by Sharyn Layfield
"Household," by Susan Engberg

NONFICTION
"John Williams: Plain Writer," by Dan Wakefield