Ploughshares Spring 1997: Poems and Stories

by Yusef Komunyakaa (Editor)

Contributors to this issue include: Tony Ardizzone, William Baer, James Bertolino, Bruce Bond, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Kevin Bowen, Laton Carter, Richard Cecil, Bruce Cohen, Martha Collins, Greg Delanty, Toi Derricotte, Mark Doty, Gil José Durán, Martín Espada, George Evans, George Evans, Sascha Feinstein, Carolyn Ferrell, Cecile Goding, Jennifer Grotz, Alexander Gurevich, Marilyn Hacker, Bob Hicok, Colette Inez, Hatif Janabi, William H. Johnson, Alice Jones, Allison Joseph, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Priscilla Lee, Larry Levis, Demetria Martinez, Khaled Mattawa, John McCluskey, Jr., Campbell McGrath, Phil Metres, Carl Phillips, Marilene Phipps, Rohan B. Preston, Leroy V. Quintana, Jan Richman, Jennifer Richter, David Rivard, Lloyd Schwartz, J. D. Scrimgeour, Angela Shannon, Reginald Shepherd, Maura Stanton, Gerald Stern, Nyugen Quang Thieu, Melanie Rae Thon, Richard Tillinghast, Barbara Tran, Jon Tribble, Reetika Vazirani, Charles Harper Webb, David Wojahn, Lisa Yanover, Daisy Zamora

227 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Yusef Komunyakaa (born April 29, 1947) is an American poet who teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, for Neon Vernacular and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He also received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Komunyakaa received the 2007 Louisiana Writer Award for his enduring contribution to the poetry world.

His subject matter ranges from the black general experience through rural Southern life before the Civil Rights time period and his experience as a soldier during the Vietnam War.

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