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Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal (about)
This is a “free quarterly literary journal,” approximately 11″ x 14″ tabloid on newsprint (actually eight 22″ x 14″ sheets folded to make sixteen pages; no staples or other form of binding).
Editor and publisher: Joel Van Valin.
Webmaster: Robert Wozniak.
PO Box 7084 / Saint Paul MN 55107.
website: www.whistlingshade.com

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. I No. 1, Summer 2001] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 16pp, tabloid, cover by photo) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · From the Editor · Joel Van Valin · ed

3- 7 · Skyark · Allison Whittenberg · ss

4 · Cafe Society · Dan Rice · pm

6 · The Sound Was the Sea · Sandy Carlson · pm

6 · Walk in the Garden · Sandy Carlson · pm

6 · Song · Sandy Carlson · pm

7 · [cartoon] · [uncredited] · ct

8-11 · Jackpot · Braxton Younts · ss

9 · Eulogy for Gravel · Ben Carr · pm

9 · Because It Made Sense · Ben Carr · pm

10 · Sensation Unfinished · Allison Whittenberg · pm

10 · The Outside Player · Allison Whittenberg · pm

11-13 · Kay Boyle: Saint Paul’s Other Writer · Joel Van Valin · ar

13 · Cancer · Daryl Gobey · pm

13 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. I No. 2, Fall 2001] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 16pp, tabloid, cover by Lisa Van Valin) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · From the Editor · Joel Van Valin · ed

2-4 · Burning Leaves · Michael Ramberg · ss

3 · Fixer Upper · Dan May · pm

3 · The Cut-Across Lady · Dan May · pm

4 · Learning to Spell My Name · Shelly Reed · pm

4 · We Interrupt This Station · Shelly Reed · pm

5-6 · The Deer · Sandy Carlson · ss

6 · A Tuscan Romance · Michael Pracht · pm

7-8 · Showdown in Yellow Sky · Henrik Paaske · ss

8 · The Way They Talk · Christopher Jones · pm

9-11 · Knock at the Door: A Personal Reaction · Judd Spicer · ss; listed on contents page as “essay” but described as “fictional essay”--it’s a story by my definition: premise is author’s friend Osama bin Laden drops by to chat.

10 · Sweet Anger for the War Horse · Brooke Noble · pm

10 · Jostle · Brooke Noble · pm

11 · Answering Machine · Weston Cutter · pm

11-12 · Archangel Protocol Brings Angels to Cyberland · Joel Van Valin · br; book review of L. Morehouse’s novel.

12 · Another Express · Christopher Jones · pm

12 · [cartoon strip] · [uncredited] · cs

13 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. I No. 3, Winter 2001] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 20pp, tabloid, cover by photo) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Editor · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · In Minnesota, Even God Has a Cold · Scott Helmes · ar

3-6 · Yellowstone · Tom Brennan · ss

4 · Lamia Bathing · Shelly Reed · pm

4 · Hunger Feast · Shelly Reed · pm

5 · Ala Cest Ce Pas Olympus · B. Somnouk Thao Warra · pm

6 · Ancestry · Maria Cinanni · pm

7-8 · The Usual · Braxton Younts · ss

8 · Cycle · Kellie Lyn Foumier · pm

8 · To Ben in Colorado · ? · pm

9-10 · Three Alarms · ? · ss

9 · Too Late / Too Drunk / Too Dark · Weston Cutter · pm

10 · An Absent Priest Rings a Silent Bell · Rick Lewis · pm

10 · Byros Has Returned · Joel Van Valin · pm

11-14 · The Devil and Denny Hocking: A Fictional Essay · Joel Spicer · ss

13 · Devils Lakes and Contradiction · Tom Garcia · pm

14 · Morning Colours · Maria Cinanni · pm

14 · The Skies of Saint Laurence · Maria Cinanni · pm

15-17 · Books · Joel Van Valin & Weston Cutter · rc

17 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. II No. 1, Spring 2002] []

· The Free Zone · Joyce Yarrow · ss

· The Square Root of Bull Hollow · Barry Simms · ss

· The Legend of Robin Hood · Joel Van Valin · ar

· Profile—Paula Fox · Weston Cutter · bg [Ref. Paula Fox]

· Mostly Water · Sandy Carlson · pm

· Two Crows · Sandy Carlson · pm

· Derby Day · Sandy Carlson · pm

· What Ms. Nin Might Have Said · Anthony Telschow · pm

· Decembrist · Kate Zangrilli · pm

· Doughnut Sonnet No. 43 · Stephanie Scarborough · pm

· Forever I’ll Love You (Perhaps) · Stephanie Scarborough · pm

· Self Government Group Meeting · Neil Cunningham · pm

· Bombing Merzbau · Scott Helmes · pm

· Aftermath · Nikole Williams · pm

· Peripheral Vision · Ian Randall Wilson · pm

· Instructions for Opening a Door · Ian Randall Wilson · pm

· Scrabble · Shelly Reed · pm

· Story Time · Rhonda Dahl · pm

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. II No. 2, Summer 2002] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 22pp, tabloid, cover by photo) []
“The Science Fiction Issue”
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Editor · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · July · Amber Shields · pm

3 · Memo to Saint Peter · Mic Hunter · hu

3 · Genesis 2020 · B. Somnouk Thao Worra · pm

4 · High Stakes · Jeff Strand · vi (r)
reprint from website Planet Relish, www.planetrelish.com.

5 · Purple · Shawn P. Madison · ss Alien Worlds #21, December 2001

6 · Never Want to Let You Go · Stephanie Scarborough · pm

8 · Optical Orifice of the Beholder · K. G. McAbee · ss Challenging Destiny #7, August 1999

10 · Snakestail · Colleen Drippé · ss Double Danger Tales #46, September 2001

14 · The Mirage · Daniel Karasik · vi

15 · A Glimpse · Joel Van Valin · ss

17 · Lounge Lizards · Sandra O’Briant · vi

18 · Filmruleto Esperanto: William Shatner and the Curse of ’Incubus’ · Sten Johnson · mr

18 · Little Casino, by Gilbert Sorrentino · Weston Cutter · br

19 · In Our Strange Gardens, by Michel Quint · Sandy Carlson · br

20 · Everything Is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer · Weston Cutter · br

20 · The Life Before Her Eyes, by Laura Kasischke · Joel Van Valin · br

21 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. II No. 3, Fall 2002] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 20pp, tabloid, cover: [photo] by Joel Van Valin) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · In Distrust of Merits · Marianna Moore · pm (r)
reprinted from Nevertheless, 1944.

3 · Celebrity Death Watch · Michael Fedo · ss

3 · A Bouquet of Triolets for Bridget Bishop · Judy Stainer · pm

4 · Fake Hand · Dave Fromm · ss

4 · The Disappearance of Strangers · Duane Locke · pm

5 · Driving to Take the Ferry to Cadiz · Greg McNellie · pm

5 · Indigo · Joyce Yarrow · vi

6 · From Momentum—Four Excerpts · Jesse Glass · pm

7 · “I Hold the Stick” · Jeff Strand · ss (r)
from Absinthe Literary Review.

7 · Mouse · Jesse Glass · pm

8 · For the Blood of It: The Poetry of Jennifer Boyden · Weston Cutter · nf

· Showcase: Poetry

_9 · Running the Bulls · Jennifer Boyden · pm

_9 · Flag · Jennifer Boyden · pm

_9 · Regret · Jennifer Boyden · pm

10 · Scout · Pam Manthey · ss

13 · The Making of Hiawatha · Joel Van Valin · nf

14 · Charles Wright May Have Said · Shelly Reed · pm

14 · Cinema: Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ’Fando and Lis’: An Anti-Review · Stan Johnson · nf

15 · Books · Various · rc

_15 · July, July, by Tim O’Brien · Weston Cutter · br

_16 · Bringing Down the House, by Ben Mezrich · Weston Cutter · br

_16 · The Potato Professor: A Fictional Review · Ed Teja · hu

17 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: The Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. II No. 4, Winter 2002] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 24pp, tabloid, cover: [photo] by Andrew Ryan) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · Letters · The Readers · lc

2 · How Society Values Writers · [uncredited] · ct

3 · The Uptown Lit · Neil Haugerud · vi

3 · Like the Very Mold on My Bread Is He (in parody of Sappho) · Stephanie Scarborough · pm

4 · Lovely Traditions · Judd Hampton · vi

4 · Farewell, Adieu, Dear Nagging Wife · Stephanie Scarborough · pm

5 · Art in the Valley · J. K. Mason · ss

5 · Of the Sky · Janie Shelton Whisenhutn · pm

7 · Transcript · Dave Fromm · ss; in q & a format, ends on p.11.

10 · In the Cold · Jesse Glass · pm

12 · The Beautiful Strength of Richard Powers · Weston Cutter · br; of THE TIME OF OUR SINGING, by Powers.

13 · Happy Hour · Braxton Younts · vi

13 · Please Mind the Gap · Jennifer Mack · pm

13 · Sand · Jennifer Mack · pm

14 · The Old & the Cheap: Whistling Shade’s Used Book Store Tour · Misc. · nf

16 · Cinema: The Burden of Fitzcarraldo · Sten Johnson · mr

17 · Remembering: Tribute to Paul Wellstone · Larry McDonough · nf

17 · Mourn Him · Jesse Glass · pm

18 · For Raymond Carver · Ed Teja · pm

18 · Bingo Under the Crucifix by Laurie Foos · Joel Van Valin · br

18 · Faces in the Crowds: A Tokyo International Anthology edited by Hillel Wright · Joel Van Valin · br

19 · Godcountry by Colleen Drippe · Joel Van Valin · br

19 · Get Your War On by David Rees · Weston Cutter · br

20 · American Studies by Louis Menand · Weston Cutter · br

20 · Call Me Kick! by John Osader · Joel Van Valin · br

21 · A Few Words with John Oander · Joel Van Valin · iv [Ref. John Oander]

21 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: The Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. III No. 1, Spring 2003] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 24pp, tabloid, cover: [photo] by Jennifer Roggenbuck) []
“The Sports Issue”
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · The Consequences of Man · Judd Hampton · vi

3-4 · Millionaire · Dave Fromm · ss

4 · Excerpt from the Bleeding Horse Opus (Middle) · John Sweet · pm

4 · For Dali, with Regrets That It Couldn’t Be More · John Sweet · pm

5 · I’ll Be Fine · P. D. Sunderland · ss

6-9 · The Old Linemen · Judd Spicer · ss

7 · Hunger Erupts · Jesmia Avery · pm

8 · Cotton and Bone · Anne Fraser · pm

9-11 · The Last Battle of My Water-Gun Years · Eric Mein · ss

10 · The Connectedness of All Things · Chet Corey · pm

11 · Man on the Sidewalk · William Woolfitt · pm

12 · Bottom of the Twelfth · Shawn P. Madison · vi

13 · The Other Tom Baxton · Michael Ramberg · vi

13 · Ghost Town Visitor—Off of US 66, West of Kingman, Arizona · Jeffrey C. Alfier · pm

14 · Cinema—2002: The Top 10 Films · Sten Johnson · mr

14 · Of Dark, of Wychwood · D. Garcia-Wahl · pm

15-16 · Joe Di Maggio Turns His Lonely Eyes Toward the Girl at 2833 West Third Street · Michael Fedo · nf

16 · The Tooth Fairy · Lauran G. Strait · ss

18 · Books · Various · rc

_18 · Spies, by Michael Frayn · Eli Weintraub · br [Ref. Michael Frayn]

_18 · A Memoir of No One in Particular, by Daniel Harris · James Beach · br [Ref. Daniel Harris]

_19 · Bellocq’s Ophelia, by Natasha Trethewey · Mercer Bufter · br [Ref. Natasha Trethewey]

_19 · The Porcelain Apes of Moses Mendelssohn, by Jean Nordhaus · Mercer Bufter · br [Ref. Jean Nordhaus]

20 · Inversion · Janis Riehl · pm

21 · Three Ways of Waking · Danny C. Knestaut · pm

21 · [cartoon] · A. J. Mason · ct

21 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

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