# guest editor (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover guest editor. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed: Familiar by Luiza Flynn-Goodlett](https://sundressblog.com/2026/08/20/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-familiar-by-luiza-flynn-goodlett-4/) _2026-08-20 · sundresspublications · The Sundress Blog_ This feature, chosen by Guest Editor Catherine Garbinsky, is from Familiar by Luiza Flynn-Goodlett (Madhouse Press 2024). The hag stands in moonlight torn by its passage through blinds. Resisting the urge to wake A, who’ll say no one’s here, I pull covers tighter as she explains, she’s traveling to when that boy led us into … Continue reading The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed: Familiar by Luiza… ## [All the Question Marks Began Singing: An Interview with John Skoyles](https://pshares.org/ps/all-the-question-marks-begin-sining-an-interview-with-john-skoyles/) _2026-08-17 · Jenny Molberg · Ploughshares_ In this interview, Editor-in-Chief Jenny Molberg speaks with former Ploughshares Poetry Editor and Interim Editor-in-Chief John Skoyles about balancing editing and writing, championing emerging writers, and navigating the challenges of writing from personal experience. The conversation concludes with a reading of one of Skoyles’s poems. Since 2007, John Skoyles served as Ploughshares’ Poetry… ## [We Call Upon the Author to Explain—Darren C. Demaree](https://sundressblog.com/2026/08/15/we-call-upon-the-author-to-explain-darren-c-demaree/) _2026-08-15 · sundresspublications · The Sundress Blog_ With over 20 years of writing under his belt, former SAFTA resident Darren C. Demaree breaks down his poetic style, themes, and inspirations with Sundress intern Rachel Bulman. In an interview based on his two-decade spanning collection Now Flourish Northern Cardinal (Selected Poems 2005-2025), Demaree discusses his process and stylistic choices throughout the included poems, aptly … Continue… ## [How to Steal a Train Review by Nafisa Hussain](https://sundressblog.com/2026/08/15/how-to-steal-a-train-review-by-nafisa-hussain/) _2026-08-15 · sundresspublications · The Sundress Blog_ How To Steal a Train by M.C Shmidt is a humorous collection of ten short stories that portray human nature. These stories explore rebuilding relationships, confronting oneself, how people can cling to human connection, and the varying aspects of daily life. Schmidt depicts these tales in a witty and relatable manner that encourages readers to … Continue reading How to Steal a Train Review by… ## [Project Bookshelf: Miranda Spurlock](https://sundressblog.com/2026/08/15/project-bookshelf-miranda-spurlock/) _2026-08-15 · sundresspublications · The Sundress Blog_ My bookshelf is not that of a highly sophisticated scholar, but it is a shelf full of dreams, magic, and fulfilled promise to a little girl with a big imagination. I love books that take you on an adventure and build worlds in your mind, books that make you think about connection and the experience … Continue reading Project Bookshelf: Miranda Spurlock → The post Project Bookshelf: Miranda… ## [Meet Our New Intern: Alexandra Bautista](https://sundressblog.com/2026/08/15/meet-our-new-intern-alexandra-bautista/) _2026-08-15 · sundresspublications · The Sundress Blog_ When I tell people about my degree in English Literature, I’m often met with confusion. It shows itself in different ways: the more subtle knitting of eyebrows or an incredulous look. But it often shows itself verbally, for it seems that people have an immense capacity for curiosity that includes, “Do you want to be … Continue reading Meet Our New Intern: Alexandra Bautista → The post Meet Our New… ## [The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed: Otherlight by Jill Mceldowney](https://sundressblog.com/2026/08/14/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-otherlight-by-jill-mceldowney-5/) _2026-08-14 · sundresspublications · The Sundress Blog_ This feature, chosen by Guest Editor Catherine Garbinsky, is from Otherlight by Jill Mceldowney (YesYes Books 2023). I WOULD SAY I wake up stillthinking you are alive—my body gets used to that fogas if you, as if the dead are nothing morethan bones to the body. That pain is deep—I will go deeper.I stayed awake … Continue reading The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed: Otherlight by Jill Mceldowney → The post… ## [A Celebration of Love Poetry Reading](https://pshares.org/ps/a-celebration-of-love-poetry-reading/) _2026-07-17 · Ploughshares Staff · Ploughshares_ On June 26, 2026, Ploughshares hosted a reading and celebration of LGBTQIA+ love poems published in the journal, featuring readings from Kelli Russell Agodon, Chen Chen, Eileen Myles, Jacques J. Rancourt, Jaz Sufi, and Mark Wunderlich. The event was co-hosted by Ploughshares’ Editor-in-chief Jenny Molberg and Senior Reader Kit Freeman. The post A Celebration of Love Poetry Reading appeared first… ## [The Archive is Queer: A Ploughshares Retrospective](https://pshares.org/ps/the-archive-is-queer-a-ploughshares-retrospective/) _2026-07-17 · Kit Freeman · Ploughshares_ The academy often advocates for historically canonical poets—poetic landmarks of sorts, like Eliot, Pound, or Milton—but queer writers have been known to build their own landmarks. In contemporary poetry, for example, Jericho Brown’s Duplex subverts traditional received forms like the pantoum and the sonnet, which, in his words, builds “a gesture towards home.” Other poets might... The post The… ## [“The Context of Us”: An Interview with Carmen Maria Machado](https://pshares.org/ps/the-context-of-us-an-interview-with-carmen-maria-machado/) _2026-06-15 · Hayley Pisciotti · Ploughshares_ As readers, we pride ourselves on curating our personal libraries because they visually represent the collection of genres, forms, and authors we admire most. My bookshelf is a disorganized rainbow of dark-spined British literature anthologies, vibrant blue-green-white contemporary paperbacks, and yellowing copies of my favorites, including Little Women, The Secret History, and The Handmaid’s… ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DAGwxKWmlmKJ) _2026-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [Spring 2026 Issue Launch Party](https://pshares.org/ps/spring-2026-issue-launch-party/) _2026-05-14 · Ploughshares Staff · Ploughshares_ In April 2026, we hosted Gabrielle Bates, Jane Huffman, Jenna Le, Karen Winn, and Annie Finch for a reading at Trident Booksellers in celebration of our Spring 2026 launch. Filming and editing by Jonny Ulasien. The post Spring 2026 Issue Launch Party appeared first on Ploughshares . ## [Recovery as Resistance: Rolando Cárdenas, Shreela Ray, and Peter Huchel](https://pshares.org/ps/recovery-as-resistance/) _2026-04-15 · Martin Rock · Ploughshares_ Ploughshares is excited to announce our new partnership with The Unsung Masters Series. The Unsung Masters Series, supported by The University of Houston, Gulf Coast, Copper Nickel, and Pleiades, publishes and distributes one book a year that showcases an important writer who has been unjustly neglected and/or whose work is currently out of print. Each... The post Recovery as Resistance: Rolando… ## [Alice Hoffman on Reading and Writing about St. Teresa of Ávila](https://pshares.org/ps/alice-hoffman-on-reading-and-writing-about-st-teresa/) _2026-03-25 · Alice Hoffman · Ploughshares_ I went to the Divinity School because I have no faith. I didn’t lose it. I never had it. I don’t believe in politics or in religion, in God or angels. I don’t believe in families or in friendship. I don’t believe in unconditional love. I don’t believe in love at all. That is, as... The post Alice Hoffman on Reading and Writing about St. Teresa of Ávila appeared first on Ploughshares . ## [Losing My Maps](https://pshares.org/ps/ps-losing-my-maps/) _2026-03-15 · Bonnie Friedman · Ploughshares_ “You are too nice,” Kathryn Harrison once said to me. Or perhaps what she said was, “You are very nice!” but to me it sounded like the same thing. I admired and admire Kathryn. She is an astonishing writer and an astonishing soul. Several years ago, she guest-edited an issue of Ploughshares, and she devoted it... The post Losing My Maps appeared first on Ploughshares . ## [Poets’ Journals and the Essayists Who Wrote Them](https://pshares.org/ps/poets-journals-and-the-essayists-who-wrote-them/) _2026-02-14 · Ploughshares Staff · Ploughshares_ For our inaugural PS post, please enjoy this conversation with Kathryn Nuernberger, Heidi Czerwiec, and Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh about the evolution of lyric essays as seen in the writing of Maxine Kumin, Annie Dillard, and Toi Derricotte, originally published in Ploughshares and linked below. The post Poets’ Journals and the Essayists Who Wrote Them appeared first on Ploughshares . ## [Building Performance Evaluation: Achieving Better Outcomes](https://www.buildingsandcities.org/calls-for-papers/building-performance-evaluation.html) _2026-01-26 · Calls for Papers_ Guest editors: Bill Bordass, Paul Ruyssevelt & Fionn Stevenson Abstract submission closed on: 23 March 2026 noon (GMT) DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION What is the potential for BPE to support better outcomes? How can BPE become mainstreamed? As the built environment confronts accelerating climate change, rising energy demands, health crises and social inequality, the imperative to ensure new and upgraded… ## [Mainstreaming Building Component Reuse](https://www.buildingsandcities.org/calls-for-papers/cfp-building-component-reuse.html) _2025-12-04 · Calls for Papers_ Guest editors: Satu Huuhka, Kjartan Gudmundsson & Paul Jonker-Hoffrén Abstract submission closed on: 10 FEBRUARY 2026 (noon GMT) DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION What practices and policies are needed for the viable reuse of building components? Up- and downstream construction activities generate immense environmental burdens globally e.g. raw material mining, product manufacture, operational energy use,… ## [MMC and the Future of Housing](https://www.buildingsandcities.org/calls-for-papers/mmc-and-housing.html) _2025-11-13 · Calls for Papers_ Guest Editors: Rachel Macrorie & Andrew Karvonen Abstract submission closed on 14 November 2025 (noon GMT) DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION The provision of housing is often narrowly framed as a set of technological, skills and economic issues. This special issue aims to broaden the discussion by developing a critical social science perspective that investigates the validity of many claims made about modern… ## [Climate Change Risk and Decision-Making](https://www.buildingsandcities.org/calls-for-papers/climate-change-risk-decision-making.html) _2025-04-14 · Calls for Papers_ Guest Editors: Simon Foxell and Ian Cooper Abstract submission closed on 09 June 2025 (noon GMT) DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION How should built environment actors (individually and collectively) respond to the increasing risks resulting from the changes to the global and local climates? How can the sector improve its understanding of risk factors and potential responses? 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This special issue examines the roles that living labs have in creating or enhancing… ## [Trusting Building Performance Simulation](https://www.buildingsandcities.org/calls-for-papers/trusting-building-performance-simulation.html) _2024-10-31 · Calls for Papers_ Guest editor: Michael Donn (Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington) 28 October 2024 (noon GMT) Abstract submission closed on 11 November 2024 (noon GMT) DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION As codes and regulations become stricter, is simulation the right tool for compliance as well as sketching performance to assist design? Can building simulation address the competing demands and tensions that…