| The Spring 2015 Transatlantic issue of Ploughshares, edited by Neil Astley. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. Acclaimed publisher and editor Neil Astley, founder of Bloodaxe Books, guest-edits this special transatlantic all-poetry issue, featuring poets from North America, Great Britain, and Irelandm. The issue contains a stirring diversity of work, with writers who have roots everywhere from Guyana to Pakistan to Zambia, and also features poetry in Welsh, Irish, and Scottish Gaelic. Much of the work is from accomplished British poets who are still little-known in the States. As Astley writes in his introduction, the issue aims to break down "the illogical divide between readerships on either side of the Atlantic," and spark a conversation that will enliven and invigorate both poetic traditions. PREFACE John Skoyles INTRODUCTION Neil Astley EDITOR PROFILE Christina Patterson POETRY by Fleur Adcock John Agard Patience Agbabi Dick Allen Gillian Allnutt Keith Althaus Moniza Alvi Nin Andrews Simon Armitage Emily Berry Sujata Bhatt Ryan Black Rachael Boast Sean Borodale Marianne Boruch John Burnside Matthew Caley Kayo Chingonyi Polly Clark Gillian Clarke Sophie Collins David Constantine Fred D’Aguiar Nia Davies Louis de Paor Imtiaz Dharker Peter Didsbury Stephen Dobyns Maura Dooley Helen Dunmore Douglas Dunn Menna Elfyn Ruth Fainlight Vicki Feaver Elaine Feinstein Nick Flynn Emily Fragos John Glenday Vona Groarke Philip Gross Barbara Hamby Choman Hardi David Harsent W. N. Herbert Tracey Herd Rita Ann Higgins Selima Hill Tony Hoagland John Hodgen Michael Hofmann Matthew Hollis Sarah Howe Andrew Hudgins Major Jackson Jackie Kay Suji Kwock Kim Michael Klein Dorianne Laux Gwyneth Lewis Luljeta Lleshanaku Michael Longley Roddy Lumsden Thomas Lux Aonghas MacNeacail Olivia McCannon Medbh McGuckian Jamie McKendrick Paula Meehan Anne Michaels Esther Morgan Sinéad Morrissey Helen Mort Andrew Motion Paul Muldoon Grace Nichols Sean O’Brien Caitríona O’Reilly Frank Ormsby Pascale Petit Clare Pollard Jacob Polley Kate Potts Shazea Quraishi Deryn Rees-Jones Roger Reeves Sophie Robinson Michael Ryan Lawrence Sail Eva Salzman Jacob Sam-La Rose Warsan Shire Penelope Shuttle Ciara Shuttleworth Aaron Smith Austin Smith Pauline Stainer Anne Stevenson Greta Stoddart Matthew Sweeney George Szirtes Chrys Tobey James Valvis Mark Waldron Ahren Warner Amy Woolard Karen McCarthy Woolf Matthew Zapruder |
