The Spring 2003 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Carl Phillips. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.

Edited by award-winning poet Carl Phillips (Silverchest, Double Shadow, In the Blood), this issue features new works from Pulitzer Prize-winning poets Charles Wright (Black Zodiac, The Other Side of the River) and Dean Young (Elegy on Toy Piano), along with acclaimed authors Carol Muske-Dukes (Sparrow), Bei Ling (The Deceived), David St. John (The Face: A Novella In Verse), and Robert Pinsky (The Life of David).

In his introduction, Phillips recounts an interview where the interviewer describes a deer in Phillips' poem as "an occurrence," and Phillips then relates his reaction to this turn of phrase to his attitude towards editing the issue, aiming to curate works that produce "surprise at the level of language," and which explore "being a sensual and vulnerable and emotional creature in a world that finally does not require us." He wants "nothing gutless, and nothing without its ability to surprise."

INTRODUCTION
Carl Phillips

FICTION

"The Garden Game," by Ann Beattie
"The Last Heat of Summer," by Percival Everett
"Birds of Paradise," by Peter Gordon
"A Glue-Related Problem," by Lisa Haines
"Elephant Feelings," by John Haskell
"Companion Animal," by Hester Kaplan
"The Garden," by Devika Mehra

POETRY

David Baker
Mary Jo Bang
Edward Bartók-Barrata
Erin Belieu
Brian Blanchfield
Jody Bolz
Joel Brouwer
Cyrus Cassells
Michael Collier
Martha Collins
Rita Dove
Angie Estes
Kathy Fagan
Miranda Field
Caroline Finkelstein
Carol Frost
Christine Garren
Linda Gregg
Lyn Hejinian
Claire Hero
Rick Hilles
Richard Howard
Joy Katz
Jennifer Kronovet
Laurie Lamon
Bei Ling
Lisa Lubasch
James Magorian
Kathryn Maris
Gail Mazur
Jane Mead
Ander Monson
Carol Muske-Dukes
Jeff Oaks
Joe Osterhaus
Robert Pinsky
John Poch
Paisley Rekdal
Lloyd Schwartz
Charlie Smith
David St. John
Samn Stockwell
Meredith Stricker
Zona Teti
Ann Townsend
Reetika Vazirani
Rosanna Warren
Kerri Webster
Marlys West
Scott Withiam
Charles Wright
C. Dale Young
Dean Young

EDITOR PROFILE
Christopher Hennessy

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