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Plot [#4, Fall 1995] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing; Sugar Land, TX, $3.95, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Cami Stelzer)

2 · Smile a Smile of Checkmate · Barbara E. Tarbox · ss
16 · Snowshifter · William T. Tripp · ss
20 · Computer Personal · Brian Plante · ss
24 · Cooper’s Crossing · James Medford · ss
34 · Sanctuary · Barbara Malenky · vi
36 · The Green Princess · Barbara Rosen · ss
42 · Bad Blood · Larry D. Sweazy · vi
44 · Sullivans · William Andrew · vi

Plot [#5, Winter/Spring 1996] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing; Sugar Land, TX, $3.95, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Victory)

ifc. · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
2 · Double or Nothing · David Sakmyster · ss
14 · Hillun of Troy · Mary Soon Lee · ss
18 · The Last House Santa Visits · Michael Decker · ss
20 · Practical Considerations · Barbara E. Tarbox · ss
24 · Waiting for Sunrise · Jeff Carter · ss
28 · Perishable Cargo · Ann K. Schwader · ss
34 · The Ties That Bind · Paul O. Miles · ss
40 · The Lost Ones · Serena Fusek · ss
48 · Post Mortem · Teresa Williams · ed

Plot [#6, Summer 1996] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing; Sugar Land, TX, $3.95, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Lee Seed)

2 · When the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead · Michael Gillis · ss
8 · Medias Res · Joe Murphy · ss
13 · Click · Elizabeth Dearl · ss
16 · The Darklands · Sandra Hutchinson · ss
20 · Tiger to Death · Natalia Lincoln · ss
24 · Suicide Helpline · Marsha Cornelius · ss
26 · The Demon’s Tear · John Strysik · ss
30 · That Elusive Sensation of Peace · Michael Decker · ss
34 · Politically Dead · Jim Elliot · ss
40 · To Cleanse a Man’s Soul · Richard A. McMahan · ss
44 · Red Sky · Terry McGarry · ss

Plot [#7, Fall 1996] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing; Sugar Land, TX, $3.95, 60pp+, quarto, cover by Michelle Parker)

2 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
3 · Star of Darkness · Lee Roy Williams · ss
6 · When the Rain Comes · William Christopher · ss
13 · Stop by a Drive-in Movie · Hunter Blair · ss
18 · Horror Perfect · James E. Szurek · ss
22 · Elder Logic · S. A. Magnuson · vi
24 · Three Little Houses and a Field of Corn · Karen Jordan Allen · ss
30 · Immortal · Cary Weissman · ss
33 · Shadows · Rich Gray · ss
36 · The House on Ridge Road · David Moss · ss
40 · The South Wind Rises · George Rapier · ss
44 · One Last Breath · Michael Laimo · ss
50 · The Hole · Robin Spriggs · ss
54 · The Rainbow Grinned · Rob Schadt · ss
60 · The Pure Essence of Professionalism · Teresa Williams · aw

Plot [#8, Winter/Spring 1997] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing; Sugar Land, TX, $3.95, 48pp+, quarto)

2 · A Dearth of Ravens · Jake West · ss
14 · The Monster · Jeremy Ponder · ss
16 · Grail · Tim Lockette · ss
21 · Tree of Sorrows · Dale Phillips · ss
24 · Harpsong and Dreamsmoke · Lyn McConchie · ss
26 · A Socratic Pacifist in King Arthur’s Court · Eric Reitan · ss
30 · King and Country · Barbara Tarbox · ss
37 · A Time for Music · John Everson · ss
43 · Twice in His Lives · Mark Rich · ss
48 · Post Mortem · Christina C. Russell · ed

Plot [#9, Summer/Fall 1997] ed. Christina C. Russell (Calypso Publishing; Sugar Land, TX, $3.95, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Edward Bocanegra)

1 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
2 · The Reluctant Guest at the End of the World · Andrew L. Burt · ss
11 · In the Balance of Trade · Dan Thompson · ss
17 · Rendezvous with Hector · Jamie Barras · ss
24 · People Like Us · Lyn McConchie · ss
28 · The Garden Mogul · Kevin Johnson · ss
34 · Gwenore’s Prayer · Rosemary Sullivan · ss
37 · Repeating History · Suzanne Donahue · ss
42 · Trouble at the Door · Susanne Shaphren · ss

Plotweaver

Plotweaver [v10 #4, April 1929] ed. Earle I. Strickland (Hollywood Photoplay and Fiction Institute, 25¢, 32pp+)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

3 · Editorial · Anon. · ed
4 · Healing the Sick Story · Laurence D’Orsay · ar
7 · The Gulf Between · Earle I. Strickland · ar
9 · What Is Literature? · Madeleine Matzen · ar
10 · How to Present Manuscripts · Jeanette Norland · ar
10 · Dairy of a Dud · M. Ethel Anderson · ar
11 · The Writer-Scientist · Harry Goldberg · ar
11 · “Abie’s” Author Leads Sex in Stage Success · Anon. · ar
12 · Stories and Emotion Pictures · William M. Marston · ar
13 · Playwrights Signed for Talkies · Anon. · ar
14 · The Agent’s Side of It · Madeleine Matzen · ar
18 · The Story Market · Anon. · cl
24 · Directory of Publishers · Anon. · ms

Plotweaver [v10 #5, May 1929] ed. Earle I. Strickland (Hollywood Photoplay and Fiction Institute, 25¢, 32pp+)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

3 · Editorial · Anon. · ed
4 · Writing for the Popular Taste · Earle I. Strickland · ar
5 · Writing Your Way to Independence · Glen Perris · ar
6 · “The Dangerous Sale” · V. M. Cooke · ar
7 · The Game Worth While · Gilson Vandeveer Willets · ar
8 · Pieces of Eight · Jane Sloan · ar
9 · Two Roads to Success · Laurence D’Orsay · ar
13 · The Right Place to Start Your Story · Harry Goldberg · ar
14 · Young Writers Get Break at Universal · Ivan St. Johns · ar
16 · Motion Pictures as Mental Exercises for Children · William M. Marston · ar
18 · Scenario Writing Today · Sherman Lowe · ar
20 · The Story Market · Anon. · cl
24 · Directory of Publishers · Anon. · ms

Plotweaver [v12 #3, March 1931] ed. Earle I. Strickland (The Plotweaver Publishing Co., 25¢, 16pp)
Details supplied by John Locke.

2 · Editorial · E. L. W. · ed
3 · [advice to young authors] · W. Wirt · ar
5 · [advice to young authors] · Kingsbury Scott · ar
6 · [advice to young authors] · Allan K. Echols · ar
7 · [short autobiography] · Walt Coburn · lt
7 · [advice to young authors] · Clem Yore · lt
8 · [on writing] · John A. Thompson · lt
8 · Atmosphere in Creative Writing · Reginald C. Barker · ar
10 · Song Writers · Henry R. Cohen · ar
11 · [requirements of Love Story Magazine] · Daisy S. Bacon · lt
12 · The Scenario Market · Anon. · cl

Ploughshares (about)
Literary original anthology/magazine published by Emerson College, Boston, MA. Selected contents and back issues of Ploughshares are available at www.pshares.org.

Ploughshares [v1 #1, #1, Fall 1971] ed. DeWitt Henry & Peter O’Malley ($20.00, 122pp, tp, cover by David Omar White)

5 · Going to Chicago · Ted Berrigan · pm
7 · The Green Raft · Catherine Dexter · ss
19 · The Cave or The Mine · Thomas Lux · pm
20 · Ten Notes to M-- · Thomas Lux · pm
23 · Oreana · Anselm Hollo · pm
24 · “the total length of” · Josephine Clare · pm
25 · ’it’s lonely in here’ · Harris Schiff · pm
25 · “we ate all the whales” · Harris Schiff · pm
31 · Getting It in the Salt City · Carter Wilson · ss
35 · Settlers · Thomas Tessier · pm
36 · Mahler · Thomas Tessier · pm
38 · Upon Going Into Prison · Thomas Redshaw · pm
39 · In the Endless · Thomas Redshaw · pm
40 · Anthropitis · David Berman · pm
41 · Stage Directions · David Berman · pm
42 · Gloria Gloria · Cynthia Housh · ss
53 · Crossing Tuscany · Andrew Littauer · pm
54 · Images · Bruce Bennett · pm
55 · Contributor’s Note · Bruce Bennett · pm
56 · From the Notes of Keats Before Writing the “Ode to a Nightingale” · Roberto Sanesi · pm
58 · Vacations · Norman Klein · pm
59 · Death Dreams · Norman Klein · pm
60 · Out of Work · William Corbett · pm
61 · My Uncle · William Corbett · pm
62 · Fiesta · Paul Hannigan · pm
63 · Study Aids · Paul Hannigan · pm
65 · A Ten-Minute Walk · Sidney Goldfarb · pm
71 · Ballgame · DeWitt Henry · ss
87 · Old French Fables · Norman Shapiro · pm
89 · Poem on a Surface · John Moritz · pm
90 · First Glimpse Out the Window in the Morning · Nicolas Born · pm
91 · Monday, Monday · Nicolas Born · pm
92 · Amanita Muscaria · Anne Waldman · pm
92 · Sophisticated Poem · Anne Waldman · pm
92 · Vast Love · Anne Waldman · pm
93 · Linwood Place in Snow 2/9/69 2-2:15 pm · Bill Costley · pm
94 · “they just started” · Claudia Menza · pm
95 · The Haitian Campaign · Edward Densmore · pm
96 · Chill Amerika · Andrew Wylie · pm
96 · Vietnamese Girl · Christina Wylie · pm
102 · The Flight · Hayden Murphy · pm
103 · Photos from the Family Album · Will Pirone · pm
104 · Afternoon Tea · George Anthony · pm
105 · Rather Curious Than in Haste · George Anthony · pm
106 · Archeological Dig, Wailing Wall Jerusalem · Anne Shaftel · pm
107 · Waking in the Grass After Dark · William Doreski · pm
108 · A Surge of Passion · David Ball · pm
109 · Balto Md 9 Aug 1968: In Memoriam Robert Lincoln Gullette · David Gullette · pm
111 · Sand · Hugh Maxton · pm
112 · Energy · David Lenson · pm
115 · Journal Excerpts · David Ignatow · ms
119 · Nights of Naomi, by Bill Knott · William Corbett · br
121 · Contributors’ Notes · Anon. · bg

Ploughshares [v1 #2, #2, Summer 1972] ed. George Kimball ($20.00, 100pp, tp, cover by David Omar White)

5 · For Gordon Cairnie on His 75th Birthday · Desmond O’Grady · pm
7 · Franklin Street · Desmond O’Grady · pm
8 · Silent Letters · John Bart Gerald · ss
17 · The Corrected Works · Jeff Silva · pm
19 · Voice from Danang · Thomas Redshaw · pm
20 · California · Hugh Seidman · pm
21 · Out-take · Hugh Seidman · pm
22 · I Begin to See That Life Has Various Themes That Reoccur · Phyllis Janowitz · pm
24 · Theme and Variations · David Ignatow · pm
25 · Soft, Soft · David Ignatow · pm
26 · Maumau American Canto · Tom Weatherly · pm
28 · Novel Excerpt · Richard Grossinger · ss
34 · Near Cub Run, In Virginia · Jeoffrey Bartman · pm
37 · Melisma · Paul Hannigan · pm
40 · Walking Notes · David Cohen · pm
41 · Baxter’s Wharf, Hyannis · Richard Burns · pm
42 · Alternative Crumb · James Tate · ss
45 · Novel Excerpt · Fanny Howe · ss
47 · Because My Love Is There · Geoffrey Clark · ss
57 · Crash Diet · Emily Barkin · pm
58 · My Malaria · Thomas Lux · pm
59 · Things I Remember About Her Birth · Thomas Lux · pm
60 · Fuck Poem · Joyce Peseroff · pm
61 · Poem · Joyce Peseroff · pm
62 · Poems · Aram Saroyan · pm
63 · Windy Night · Anthony Jarzombek · pm
64 · Christy Brown’s “Down All the Days” · Larry Eigner · pm
65 · Mon Jour Chez Sam: A Visit with Beckett · David Gullette · ar
70 · Slices · Mark Halliday · pm
71 · an abrupt change in nothing · Hank Kune · pm
73 · When You Die · George Anthony · pm
74 · Edwin Dickinson’s Perspective · William Corbett · pm
75 · Falling in Love · William Corbett · pm
76 · & So On · James Humphrey · pm
77 · Pearl Diving · Jack Thibeau · pm
77 · Who’s Who · Jack Thibeau · pm
78 · The Pear Orchard · Maura Stanton · pm
79 · The Tourists · David Berman · pm
85 · In Defense of Pure Sensation · Edward Dorn · ss
86 · Isopet · Norman Shapiro · pm
88 · The Rejection · Henry H. Roth · ss
94 · Cambridge Vignette · Bruce Bennett · pm
94 · “I’ll tell you who I was thinking of” · Bruce Bennett · pm
95 · The Scots Gentleman on a Visit Escapes · David Ball · pm
96 · Islands in the Stream, by Ernest Hemingway · William Corbett · br
97 · David Johnson Passed Through Here, by John Fairfield · DeWitt Henry · br
100 · Contributors’ Notes · Anon. · bg

Ploughshares [v1 #3, #3, Winter 1972] ed. James Randall ($20.00, 102pp, tp, cover by David Omar White)

5 · Song 72 · Robert Kelly · pm
7 · Boils Down · Tom Sullivan · ss
13 · If the River’s This High All Summer · Martha Fritz · pm
14 · Some Comfort · Martha Fritz · pm
15 · Involving a Risk · Martha Fritz · pm
16 · Song · Stratis Haviaras · pm
17 · A Farewell to a Southern Melody · Ling Chung & Kenneth Rexroth · pm
18 · Backtrack · Charles Wright · pm
19 · Sex · Charles Wright · pm
20 · Family Lottery · John Bart Gerald · ss
23 · In Horse Latitudes · Katha Pollitt · pm
24 · Dream · Marcia Southwick · pm
25 · Deracination · William Gallagher · pm
26 · “some-/times i am/a nigger’” · Sam Cornish · pm
27 · The Elephant’s Decision · Jean Eddy · ss
34 · Just Like Everybody Else · Alphonse Allais · ss
36 · Como · William Meredith · pm
37 · Veal · Phyllis Janowitz · pm
39 · The Thirteen Causes of Love · Ray Amorosi · pm
40 · Sign Language · Paul Metcalf · pm
43 · Driving America · Sue Wilkins · pm
44 · An Evening with the King of the Jews · Jeffrey Davis · ss
53 · There Are So Many Fatherless Children Around · John Wieners · pm
59 · Taking Chances · Robert Hayford · pm
60 · His Marriage (Notes for a Novel) · Joyce Peseroff · pm
61 · Weather · Joyce Peseroff · pm
62 · This Is a Poem About Killing Your Mother · Jeff Knapp · pm
63 · No Dead Ends · Cathleen Quirk · pm
65 · An Interview with Richard Yates · DeWitt Henry & Geoffrey Clark · iv
79 · The Crime of Mopery: Exposing Yourself to a Blind Person · Miriam Levine · pm
80 · Thinking Big · John Rogers · pm
81 · Inheritance · John Rogers · pm
82 · Reflections · William Styron · ar
85 · Badger Swamp · Douglas Delaney · pm
86 · In the Middle of the Road · Kenneth Irby · pm
89 · Protocol · John Price · ar
90 · The Pakistani’s Daughter · Kevin King · pm
91 · The Carnation, by Paul Hannigan · David Gullette · br
92 · Run/Ride, by Kip Crosby · DeWitt Henry · br
94 · Judah the Pious, by Francine Prose · Katha Pollitt · br
96 · Memory’s Handgrenade, by Thomas Lux · Robert McRoberts · br
100 · By the Sound, by Edward Dorn · James Randall · br
102 · Contributors’ Notes · Anon. · bg

Ploughshares [v1 #4, #4, Summer 1973] ed. Thomas Lux ($20.00, 102pp, tp, cover by David Omar White)

5 · In June · Richard Hugo · pm
6 · Ghost in a Field of Mint · Richard Hugo · pm
7 · Time to Remember Sangster · Richard Hugo · pm
8 · Corporal of Artillery · Andre Dubus · ss
18 · Meanwhile Back at the Ranch · J. D. Reed · pm
19 · Another Night in Rue Morgue · J. D. Reed · pm
20 · Sunset and Noon: Marjory P. · Bill Knott · pm
21 · Breeze Nomadly Coupling/Summer Sounds/Precision Insect Chomping · Bill Knott · pm
22 · Rigor Vitus · Bill Knott · pm
23 · Wind and Soup · Jack Myers · pm
24 · Slowing Down · Jack Myers · pm
25 · The Tablecloth Explanation · Peter Sears · pm
26 · On the London Train · Charlene Seeger · pm
32 · Marvin Gardens’ Revenge · Alan Lebowitz · nv
54 · Nine Country Poems · Fanny Howe · pm
57 · The Poem of Disintegration · Robert Kaven · pm
59 · Five Women · Kathleen Spivack · pm
60 · Muzmahil Treating the Sorcerers · G. S. Sharat Chandra · pm
61 · Love Song of Rasheed the Mad Cap · G. S. Sharat Chandra · pm
68 · The Fingers of the Week · William Doreski · pm
69 · Poem · William Doreski · pm
70 · The Only Go-Go Girl in Las Vegas · Joe David Bellamy · pm
72 · “I am tired of being the child...” · Ellen Bass · pm
74 · Harpoons · David Gioia · ss
78 · Lincoln Inward · Michael Ryan · pm
79 · House · Michael Ryan · pm
80 · The Alchemist · David Ray · pm
81 · Playboy · Ellen Wilbur · pm
82 · Memories · John Yau · pm
83 · Moebius Strip · John Yau · pm
84 · My Three Babies · Kim Frielich · pm
86 · Teeth · Wilson Brown · ss
88 · He Live with Bears · Tomas O’Leary · pm
89 · Found Poems · Arthur & David Gullette · pm
89 · Found Poem · Marcia Southwick · pm
90 · Yours, and Mine, by Judith Rascoe · James Randall · br
92 · Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things, by Gilbert Sorrentino · Paul Hannigan · br
94 · High on Gold, by Lee Richmond · DeWitt Henry · br
96 · The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir, by Richard Hugo · Henry R. Harrington · br
101 · Contributors’ Notes · Anon. · bg

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