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The Winter 2023-24 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 Winter 2023-24 Issue, edited by Ladette Randolph, features poetry and prose by Richard Bausch, Jesse Lee Kercheval,...

In the annals of American history, the raid on Harpers Ferry stands as a pivotal event, igniting the flames of the Civil War. At its heart was John Brown, a fervent abolitionist whose unwavering belief in the cause of freedom led him to lead a daring attack on a federal arsenal. "A Voice From Harpers Ferry" offers a gripping account of this fateful raid, as told through the eyes of Osborne Perry Anderson, a young man who fought alongside Brown. Anderson's firsthand narrative transports rea...