The Winter 1995-96 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Tim O'Brien & Mark Strand. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION Tim O'Brien Mark StrandEDITOR PROFILESDon LeeJonathan AaronFICTION "A Creature Out of Palestine," by Lee K. Abbott"Who Is It Can Tell Me Who I Am?," by Gina Berriault"The Old Mistakes," by Robert Cohen"After Rosa Parks," by Janet Desaulniers"Bowling in the Future," by Edward Hardy"Easy Lay," by Joyce Carol OatesNONFICTION "An Interview with James Merrill," by Heather WhitePOETRY Nin AndrewsJennifer AshtonJudith BerkeTeresa CaderLaura ConklinWyn CooperKathy FaganJames FinneganLouise GluckJorie GrahamDavid GreenbergLinda GregersonAllen GrossmanBeth GylysDaniel HalpernEdward HirschPatricia HooperGray JacobikDavid LehmanPhilip LevineTimothy LiuSusan MitchellJacqueline OsherowStephen SandyCharles SimicGreg SimonRonald WallaceMichael WatersMichael WhiteCharles WrightOksana Zabuzhko Lisa SapinkopfPOSTSCRIPTS Don Lee, "Zacharis Award Winner Debra Spark"