Scientific Method
Abstract:The Spring 2019 Issue. Ploughshares is an award winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares "the Triton among minnows."As guest editor Rigoberto Gonzalez writes in his introduction, "Writing amplifies our questions and illuminates the unexpected places where we might find the answers. And if not the answers then an opportunity to reflect, rethink, or reimagine." Featuring new poetry and prose by Zeina Hashem Beck, Sherwin Bitsui, Joy Castro, Emily Raboteau, and Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and many others, the work in this issue reveals the power of contemplation.