Meditations on life and death from the shores of Lake Superior to the North Sea.The Desk on the Sea begins four years after American poet Jonathan Johnson spread his mother's ashes in her beloved Lake Superior and moved with his wife and young daughter into a seventeenth-century cottage on Scotland's North Sea. On an idyllic, desolate coast and in the wild Highlands, Johnson began his search for a way to live through ongoing grief and to take in the wonder...

Landon seems to have it all together. He’s smart, funny, and an excellent basketball player with a heart the size of Texas. The only time he ever really feels off his game is when he crosses paths with a certain girl…Brittany Baker. As the school year comes to an end, he finally faces his fears by telling Brittany how he feels about her. As he gains ground with Brittany, he makes an unrealized mistake that might cost him the girl that he has worked so hard to win over.

In the study of American law, originalism is primarily a theory about the meaning of the Constitution—that its meaning can only change when its words change. Originalism also appears in biblical theology as a theory on the meaning of the Bible—that its meaning is that intended by the original authors. Originalism in Theology and Law: Comparing Perspectives on the Bible and the Constitution offers a study of originalism in both the Bible and the Constitution. While there are significant con...

Aliens do exist and so does magic and metahumans. People think that the world is so good, but a young boy is about to learn otherwise. Join Raven a 9-year-old boy as he travels back to the past to meet his ancestors. There Raven collects 3 artifact and 9 power crystals so that in the present Raven can activate the portal to the future. Join Raven as he goes to the ice age the dawn of the dinosaurs and the birth of Egypt itself. Our hero will meet giants, dragons, zombies, scorpions, and ev...

The 50th Anniversary 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.”Ploughshares showcases the work of “writers who make the shapes they want to mak...

In the labyrinthine depths of Fernando Pessoa's soul, 35 Sonnets emerge as a symphony of unrequited love, existential angst, and the elusive nature of identity. Through the eyes of his enigmatic heteronyms, Pessoa explores the complexities of human emotion, the fragility of existence, and the search for meaning in a world that often seems devoid of it. Each sonnet is a poignant tapestry of longing, despair, and the bittersweet beauty of unfulfilled desire.

In the tranquil embrace of nature, where verdant meadows meet azure skies, a solitary wanderer embarks on a poignant journey. William Cullen Bryant's "To The Fringed Gentian" is a lyrical masterpiece that captures the fleeting beauty of a delicate flower, its petals unfurling in the autumn's gentle embrace. As the wanderer contemplates the flower's ephemeral existence, he reflects on the transience of life and the enduring power of memory. With each verse, Bryant's words paint a vivid tape...