The Fall 2021 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 now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Fall 2021 Issue of Ploughshares, edited by Ladette Randolph, features nine longform pieces by Leslie Kirk Campbell, Afsh...

“America’s untamed northwest, the way it must have looked to those first settlers before civilization rolled in on the back of steam engines and broken promises.”Will Schluter is a film and commercial director. He has directed campaigns for brands including Tiffany & Co., Revlon, and Shiseido. This is his first short story.