Plainsongs 40.2 (Summer 2020)

<p><em>Plainsongs'</em> title suggests not only its location on the Great Plains but also its preference for the living language whether in free or formal verse. Published twice a year by Hastings College Press in Hastings Nebraska <em>Plainsongs</em> presents poems that seem to be aware of modernist and post-modernist influences not necessarily by imitation or allusion but by using the tools provided by that rich heritage. Poets from all 50 states and many foreign countries contribute regularly to <em>Plainsongs</em>.</p><p> <em>Plainsongs</em> poetry magazine was named recipient of the 2010 Jane Geske Award by the Nebraska Center for the Book. The Jane Geske Award recognizes a Nebraska association organization business library school academic institution or other group that has made an exceptional long-term contribution to one or more of the following fields in Nebraska: literacy reading book selling books libraries or writing.</p><p> <em>Plainsongs</em> began in 1980 at Peru State College and since 1983 has been published by Hastings College. The current editor of <em>Plainsongs </em>is Eric R. Tucker.</p>