Tóibín talks about guest editorship of Ploughshares

Irish writer and novelist Colm Tóibín visited campus April 7 to sign copies of his latest work, The Empty Family Stories, a collection of short stories. Tóibín was also guest editor of the spring issue of Ploughshares, the award-winning, Emerson-based literary journal. In this video, he discusses the process of guest editorship, and how it worked for him and the featured writers.