As Jamel Brinkley writes in his introduction, “As I undertook the pleasurable task of reaching out to writers whose work I love for this issue, I realized I wanted voices that were both skillful and troubling.... I ultimately allowed myself to be guided by my ear. I ended up with a clutch of workthat, to my ear, sang with what Lorca calls “a scorched throat,” forms of eloquence that lean into trouble instead of away from it.” The Summer 2022 Issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by J...