‘The Stinging Fly is an essential part of the thriving ecosystem of Irish literary life. When people ask me how to break into publication I tell them to try there first. It is where the seeds of future writing careers are sown.’—Anne Enright Thank you to everyone who submitted work …
Working with various texts, we will find a way to erase, resist, or obscure other words to find the thread of a poem. Insertions will come into it too. We’ll play with other texts to find our own way, our own poems. We’ll read the work of Mary Ruefle and …
Burlesque Picaresque in the Rural Midwest: My Education in Poetry The lecture will address an education in poetry from outside the borders of academia, specifically that of a poet from the rural working class. Seuss will frame the discussion by considering how the literary burlesque, and the ethos of the …
Working with various texts, we will find a way to erase, resist, or obscure other words to find the thread of a poem. Insertions will come into it too. We’ll play with other texts to find our own way, our own poems. We’ll read the work of Mary Ruefle and …
The Regular Reading Period is open! We welcome unsolicited submissions of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction during our Regular Reading Period, open from June 1 to November 15 at 12:00pm EST. Ploughshares is published four times a year: blended poetry and prose issues in the winter and spring, a prose issue in the summer, and …