misc: full-page “Decorations” by Kay Loberg (2), Audrey Johnson, and Marion Overby. The Wyant play is, as title suggests, a fantasy comedy about the Greek pantheon. Details supplied by Denny Lien. |
misc: full-page “Decorations” or “Linoleum cuts” by Audrey E. Johnson (2); Kathleen Hubbard; Mildred Fox; Josephine Lutz. The Eckman story is a humorous Arabian fantasy. Details supplied by Denny Lien. |
note—quite a bit of fantasy or apparent fantasy material in this issue: the stories by Schifferes, both Wandreis, Eckman (marginally at least, as plot partly viewed through mind of a cat) and Engen (hypnotism), plus the poems by Montague and Barthelemy on fantasy subjects at least. Details supplied by Denny Lien. |
Details supplied by Denny Lien. |
Prize results included Dorothy Skulnik for prose (for her “Shadow” and “After the Door Slammed”) and Austin Faricy for poetry (for “Eleven Sonnets”). Details supplied by Denny Lien. |
Details supplied by Denny Lien. |
The Sarchet story is a fantasy; the only such I noted in these three issues (though I’m only skimming and could have missed something). Details supplied by Denny Lien. |
note: The Quarterly Prize for prose went to Howard Wandrei for “The Romany Rye” and that for poetry to Louis Evans for “Wind-Thirst.” Monica Crawczyk placed second in prose and Donald Wandrei in poetry. The Spring 1932 was the last issue of Minnesota Quarterly until a revival (Fall 1948 through Spring 1950, which I’ll likely index later). There’s nothing in the Spring issue to indicate a suspension was planned. Details supplied by Denny Lien. |