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Cookbooks, Compost Heaps, and Poetry Booby Traps: A Conversation with Poet and Pie-maker Kate Lebo
The first poetry anthology I owned was How to Eat A Poem: A Smorgasbord of Tasty and Delicious Poems for Young Readers. The title still gives me the giggles, though my amusement is perhaps more nuanced—as a kid, I delighted … Continue reading
Roundup: MFA-ccident? Or Worth It?
In our Roundups segment, we’re looking back at all the great posts since the blog started in 2009. We explore posts from our archives as well as other top literary magazines, centered on a certain theme to help you jump-start your week. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Graduate, Lorin Stein, MFA, Paris Review, Poets & Writers, program, PW, Rankings, Roundup
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April 16, 2013
The staff of Ploughshares is deeply saddened by yesterday’s bombing in Boston. We send our heartfelt sympathy to those who lost loved ones, to those who are still fighting for their lives, and to those who were affected in any … Continue reading
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Roundup: Spring Cleaning
In our Roundups segment, we’re looking back at all the great posts since the blog started in 2009. We explore posts from our archives as well as other top literary magazines, centered on a certain theme to help you jump-start your week. This … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, fresh, prompts, Roundup, Spring, Spring cleaning, tips, tricks, writing
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Roundup: April Fools’ Day! The Literary Hoax
In our Roundups segment, we’re looking back at all the great posts since the blog started in 2009. We explore posts from our archives as well as other top literary magazines, centered on a certain theme to help you jump-start your week. This … Continue reading
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Tagged April Fools, Chronicle, flash mob, Hoax, Huffington Post, Joke, Lit Drift, New York Times, Prank, Rachel Kadish, Trick
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AWP Essentials
Dear Ploughshares, What if I want all my AWP Boston advice and recommendations gathered in one place? You’ve published five posts so far, and that’s a little overwhelming. What’s a conference attendee to do? Sincerely, Concerned Attendee Well, AWP attendee, … Continue reading
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How to Leave School (Without Leaving Your Writing Behind)
At the risk of sounding like a John Mayer song, I’ve never believed in the real world. Or rather, I’ve never believed in the non-real world, some supposed realm that acts as a cozy womb for practitioners of glorified hobbies, … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, fiction, MFA programs, PhD programs, poetry, writing
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Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2013
We’re excited to announce our nominees for the Pushcart Prize, as seen in the 2012 issues of Ploughshares. If selected, their work will be published in volume XXXVII of The Pushcart Prize: The Best of the Small Presses. Good luck to … Continue reading
Heidy Steidlmayer Wins the 2012 Zacharis Award
We’re excited to announce that Heidy Steidlmayer has won the twenty-second annual John C. Zacharis First Book Award for her poetry collection Fowling Piece (Triquarterly Books, 2011). The $1,500 award, which is named after Emerson College’s former president, honors the best … Continue reading
The Gift Subscription Deal is Back!
Thanksgiving is still a week away, but holiday decor is already filling the aisles at stores. While Thanksgiving is too great a holiday to skip (food, family dysfunction, and historical inaccuracy are so delicious!), Ploughshares is prepping for Black Friday … Continue reading
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