Midland University alumnus John Mullen has a poem that appears in the Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares, a literary journal based at Emerson College in downtown Boston.

Mullen was born in Fremont, Nebraska, and is a graduate of Midland University and Columbia University. His poetry has appeared in Boston Review.

His poem, “Grave of the Conjoined Sows in Neligh, Nebraska,” is included in the latest issue of Ploughshares. It is among stories, poems and essays in the staff-edited issue, which takes readers around the world.

Ploughshares has published quality literature since 1971. Best known for its award-winning literary magazine, it also publishes Ploughshares Solos, digital-first long stories and essays.