Margaretta was sitting on the topmost step of her front porch, in a faded pastel-colored
sundress, barefoot, elbows on her knees, chin in her hands—lost in thought, I surmised …

The Fall 2020 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971,
Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American …

Margaretta was sitting on the topmost step of her front porch, in a faded pastel-colored
sundress, barefoot, elbows on her knees, chin in her hands--lost in thought, I surmised …