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Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v 7 #3, Fall 2007] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; St. Paul, MN, free, 30+2pp, 8½" x 11" newsprint, cover photo) note: cover says “Fall 2007” while table of contents says “Summer 2007;” the cover is correct. [DKL]

fc. · photo of 1844 painting “View of Fort Snelling” · J. C. Wild · cv
2 · From the Whistler: Art or Activism? · Joel Van Valin · ed
2 · Literary News · Misc. · ms
2 · The Museum of American Opulence · Maryann Corbett · pm
3-12 · Athens · Eric Steiner Carlson · ss
7 · in front of ee cummings’ home, perhaps a deep well · Tim J. Brennan · pm
13-14 · Profile — Hermann Broch · Hugh Mahoney · ar
14 · Tichborne’s Elegie · Chidlock Tichborn · pm ca., 1586
15 · Cool Dead People: Graced by the Divine Ms. Paley (on Grace Paley) · Suzanne Nielsen · cl [Grace Paley]
16 · Shady Dealings: The Battle for Minnesota’s Voice · D. Garcia Wahl · cl
16 · Two Truths from the Movie Round Midnight · Steve Larson · pm
17-19 · Everything Is Broken · Patrick Dacey · ss
18 · Memorizing Poems · Philip Dacey · pm
19-20 · Lost Writers of Minnesota: Maud Hart Lovelace · Joel Van Valin · bg [Maud Hart Lovelace]
20 · Rothko Room: Phillips Gallery · Sandy Beach · pm
21 · Two Butchers: Circumcision in Nazi Germany · Fred M. B. Amram · mm
21 · another casuality at the 34th street bus stop · Justin Hyde · pm
22-23 · Witherspot · J. P. Rodriguez · ss
24-26 · Sluice · Lisa McCallum · ss
26 · A note to Paolo Uccello · Robyn R. Hjermstad · pm
27-29 · Books
_27 · review of Rough Traces, by Jason Wesco · Michael K. Gause · br
_27 · review of Mere Anarchy, by Woody Allen · Dustin L. Nelson · br
_28 · review of Yahweh’s Other Shoe, by Kilian · Michael Ramberg · br
_28 · review of The i Tetralogy, by Mathias B. Freese · Meaghan Beninati · br
_29 · review of Waking Before Dawn, by Thomas R. Smith · Joel Van Valin · br
29 · Contributors · Misc. · bg
Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v 7 #4, Winter 2007/2008] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; St. Paul, MN, free, 30+2pp, 8½" x 11" newsprint) [Denny Lein]

fc. · photo of Caye Caulker · Justin Teerlinck · cv
2 · From the Whistler: The Genius Handicap · Joel Van Valin · ed
2 · At the Wayside Home of the Master · Karsten Piper · pm
2 · Literary News · Anon. · ms
3-8 · Almost Paradise · Justin Teerlinck · ss
5 · Nude Driving · R. Yurman · pm
8 · The Spires of Oxford · Winifred M. Letts · pm (r); reprint, source not given: “Letts (1882-1972) wrote this poem during World War I”.
9-11 · Paris Is Burning: Louis-Ferdinand Celine’s Vision · Sten Johnson · ar
11 · Union Depot · George Bishop · pm
11 · Photograph · George Bishop · pm
12-13 · My Tiny Little Mind · Jason R. Riley · ss
13 · Sonnet · Margaret Brady · pm
14-15 · Cool Dead People: Heinrich von Kleist — the Period in the Question Mark · Suzanne Nielsen · cl
15 · Shady Dealings: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad ’tis? · D. Garcia Wahl · cl
16-21 · Khalas · Kevin Dean · ss
21 · Ponte Rotto · Britt Fleming · pm
22-24 · Profile—Graham Greene · Hugh Mahoney · ar
23 · Ten Years · Rita Schweiss · pm
24-26 · The Chicken · Benjamin Arda Doty · ss
25 · My Life and I · Thomas R. Smith · pm
26 · How I Almost Started World War III · J. P. Johnson · mm
28-29 · Books
_28 · review of The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman · Joel Van Valin · br [Alan Weisman]
_28 · review of The Last Communist Virgin, by Wang Ping · Jessica Avery · br [Wang Ping]
_29 · review of Awakening Indigo, by Diana Lundell · Anon. · br [Diana Lundell]
_29 · review of Gardening in a Time of War, by Maryann Corbett · Anon. · br [Maryann Corbett]
29 · About Our Contributors · Misc. · bg
Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v 8 #1, Spring 2008] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; St. Paul, MN, free, 30+2pp, 8½" x 11" newsprint) [Denny Lein]

fc. · illustration from an edition of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE · C. E. Brock · cv
2 · From the Whistler: Literature and the Politically Correct · Joel Van Valin · ed
2 · letter · John-Ivan Palmer · lt
2 · Literary News · Anon. · ms
3-7 · Haunted · Jeff Vande Zande · ss
4 · Brushstrokes, for Robert Mapplethorpe · John M. Anderson · pm
7 · Synnove’s Song · Björnstjerne Björnson; trans. by Charles Wharton Stork · pm (r)
8-9 · Goethe: From Weimar to Hollywood · Hugh Mahoney · ar
10-14 · Aunt Jane’s Novel-Writing Clinic · Bob Blaisdell · ar [Jane Austen]
12 · A Human Being · Marie Sheppard Williams · pm
14 · drunk & young · Rob Plath · pm
15 · Hope vs. Irony · Sally Mars · vi
16-17 · Cool Dead People: “Indian Summer is Like a Woman"—Start a Story Here · Suzanne Nielsen · cl [Grace Metalious]
17 · Shady Dealings: ... and the Apathetic Shall Inherit the Earth · D. Garcia-Wahl · cl
18-19 · Lost Writers of Minnesota: Grace Flandrau · Joel Van Valin · cl [Grace Flandrau]
19 · Grapeshot · Nate Thomas · pm
20-25 · Daisy · Jesse Loesberg · ss
25 · Past Estuaries: A Love Song · George Bishop · pm
26-27 · Poetry Is Dead? So They Say...: The Future of Labor and the Arts · Fred M. B. Amram · ar
28-29 · Books
_28 · review of The Deportees, by Roddy Doyle · Joel Van Valin · br [Roddy Doyle]
_28-29 · review of The New York Postcard Sonnets: A Midwesterner Moves to Manhattan, by Philip Dacey · Michael Gause · br [Philip Dacey]
-29 · review of On the Other Side of the Eye, by Bryan Thao Worra · Rhonda Niola · br [Bryan Thao Worra]
29 · About Our Contributors · Misc. · bg
Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v 8 #2, Summer 2008] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; St. Paul, MN, free, 30+2pp, 8½" x 11" newsprint) Special Issue: Myths and Legends. [Denny Lien]

fc. · Knight, Death and Devil · Albrecht Durer · cv
2 · From the Whistler: Local Legends · Joel Van Valin · ed
2 · Bluebells · Alan Morrison · pm
3 · Pea-Frog: An Old Chinese Legend Retold · Michael Ramberg · vi
4-5 · The Movie · John S. Spaulding · ss
5 · Ionian Sea · Maria Cinanni · pm
6-8 · The Colonel · Elliott Fuxon · ss
8 · Photo Session · Arun Gaur · pm
9-11 · On Reading Henry James · Hugh Mahoney · ar
10 · Let Me Sleep in Petal Folds · Jefferson Hunt · pm
12 · 2 Curiosities
_12 · (Well Dressed) Agents from Beyond · Tony Rauch · vi
_12 · The Golden Eagle of Montenegro · Tony Rauch · ss
14-15 · Cool Dead People: Vachel as in Rachel · Suzanne Nielsen · bg [Vachel Lindsay]
15 · Inscription at the City of Brass [from The Arabian Nights] · Anon. · pm
16 · Shady Dealings: Out of the Frying Pan and INto the Ridiculous · D. Garcia-Wahl · cl
16 · For Anne Sexton · David McLean · pm
17 · Fun Patrol: ’Ullo Love: Her Royal Highnesses’ Job Candidate Self Completed Background Study · Justin Teerlinck · cl
18-19 · An Interview with the Muse · Joel Van Valin · hu
19-23 · The Prince: a Retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s ’The Little Mermaid’ · Laura Owen · ss
20 · Soir Bleu · Gary Lehmann · pm
21 · Bells · Sharon Chmielarz · pm
23 · On the Eve of 8 Married Years · Zachary Stafford · pm
24-25 · Greek Myths
_24 · From the Diary of Vesta (after Kay Steventon’s Spiral Tarot) · Susan Slaviero · pm
_24 · Odysseus in Chains · E. Shaun Russell · pm
_25 · The Nereids · Joyce Suthpen · pm
_25 · A Clearing in a Windless, Shaded Wood · Matthew Nadelson · pm
26-27 · Literary Criticism from the Heartland · Bonnie Jo Campbell · ar
27-29 · Books
_27 · review of Where the Wind Blew, by Bob Sommer · Kristin Johnson · br [Bob Sommer]
_27 · review of Stardust and Fate: The Blueroad Reader · Jana Bauma · br
_27-28 · Chapbook Reviews · Joel Van Valin · br
29 · Listening to Boggy Creek · Barbara Ann Adams · pm
29 · About Our Contributors · Misc. · bg
Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v 8 #3, Fall 2008] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; St. Paul, MN, free, 30+2pp, 8½" x 11" newsprint) [Denny Lien]

fc. · View of St. Paul, 1874 · H. Ellsbury · cv
2 · From the Whistler: The River · Joel Van Valin · cl
2 · North Wind and Sound · Leslie D. Bohn · pm
3-7 · No Sad Moment · Justin Teerlinck · ss
5 · Green and Shadow · Nancy Burke · pm
7 · Approaching Seventy · A. D. Winans · pm
8-10 · Evenlyn Waugh: Satirist or Comic Genius? · Hugh Mahoney · ar
10 · The Suspension of a Season · Deborah Kuder · pm
11 · Shady Dealings: You Bet Your Life · D. Garcia-Wahl · cl
11 · A Raven Returns to the Salton Sea · Jeffrey Alfier · pm
12-15 · The River
_12 · Monument to the ’91 Mill Fire · Gary Dop · pm
_12 · where the river comes to confess · D. Garcia-Wahl · pm
_13 · The Unrequited Muse · Michael Ramberg · pm
_13 · Here, the River Haunt · Bryan Thao Worra · pm
_13 · On the Mississippi River Flats · Thomas R. Smith · pm
_14 · Walking Pine Island · Norita Dittberner-Jax · pm
_14 · World War I Monument, East River Road · Joel Van Valin · pm
_14 · Autumn Falls · Michael Gause · pm
_15 · Down the Mississippi · Rhonda Niola · pm
_15 · River Cop · Mary Kay Rummel · pm
16-23 · Rounding Sunium · Eric Steiner Carlson · ss
18 · To Death, of His Lady · Francois Villon; trans. by Dante Gabriel Rossetti · pm (r)
22 · Other Woman · Tim J. Brennan · pm
24 · Lost Writers: John Tanner · Joel Van Valin · ar [John Tanner]
26-27 · The Theater Machine · Eli Effinger-Weintraub · cl
27-28 · Interview — Tony Rauch · Joel Van Valin · iv [Tony Rauch]
28-29 · Books
_28 · review of Eyes Full of Sky: Selected Works from the COMPAS Writers & Artists in the Schools Program · Jesmia Avery · br
_29 · review of Northern Oracle, by Kirsten Dierking · Joel Van Valin · br [Kirsten Dierking]
29 · “I’ve already told you everything” · Karie Hoffman · pm
29 · About Our Contributors · Misc. · bg
Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v 8 #4, Winter 2008/2009] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; St. Paul, MN, free, 30+2pp, 8½" x 11" newsprint) “The Government Issue” [Denny Lien]

fc. · “We the People” · Howard Chandler Christy · cv
2 · From the Whistler: Long Live the Monarchy · Joel Van Valin · cl
2 · Into a Winter Night · Michael P. McManus · pm
2 · Literary News · Anon. · cl
3-4 · Tromso · John C. Wright · ss
5-8 · Get Your Lips Off That Girl: Emergency Assistance Unit, Bronx, New York · Nanette Rayman Rivera · mm
7 · Concord Hymn · Ralph Waldo Emerson · pm (r)
8 · Mourning · Elizabeth Meyers · pm
9 · The Day I Stared Down President Lyndon Johnson · John-Ivan Palmer · mm
9 · Fall Obscenities · Anthony Opal · pm
10 · A Visit · William Ricci · pm
11-16 · The United States Constitution · Misc. · ms
16 · Yet · Hanakia Zedek · pm
17 · Shady Dealings: Instead of attending a literary event, I’m sitting home alone writing my column · D. Garcia-Wahl · cl
18 · Cool Dead People: Bette Garber; the Lens Leading to Rosewood Steering Wheels · Suzanne Nielsen · cl
19-21 · Fun Patrol: A Delegate, Some Absinthe and a Falling Priest · Justin Teerlinck · cl
21-23 · Erich Maria Remarque: The Greatest War Novel Ever Written · Hugh Mahoney · ar
24-26 · Relationship Advice from the Poets · Joel Van Valin · ar
26-27 · The Theater Machine · Eli Effinger-Weintraub · cl; on Caligula, by Albert Camus.
27 · Memory of Election Day, 2004 · Stash Hempeck · pm
28-29 · Books
_28 · review of Towards the Forest, by Holaday Mason · Michael Gause · br [Holaday Mason]
_28 · review of Laredo, by Tony Rauch · Joel Van Valin · br [Tony Rauch]
_29 · review of Edging Past Reality, by David Fingerman · Deanne Reiter · br [David Fingerman]
29 · About Our Contributors · Misc. · bg
Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v 9 #1, Spring/Summer 2009] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; St. Paul, MN, free, 45+3pp, 8½" x 11" newsprint) [Denny Lien]

fc. · Bird’s Eye View of St. Paul · Patricia Youker · cv
2 · From the Whitler: Shade and Shadow · Joel Van Valin · ed; announcing shift to twice-yearly publication and his impending move to California.
2 · Elin Viktoria Eriksson, First Cousin Twice Removed, 1883-99 · Rodney Nelson · pm
3 · Beggars · Jarda Cervenka · mm
4 · The Way Light Stays · Kai Hoffman-Krull · pm
5-12 · The Children’s Crusade · Elliott Fuxon · ss
8 · The Gravedigger’s Legacy · Robert S. King · pm
10 · From Isiah 4 · Karsten Piper · pm
13 · Poem of the Sun · Garbriela Mistral; trans. by Langston Hughes · pm (r)
14-17 · Ezra Pound, the Writing Teacher: “One Can’t Criticize and Be Tactful All at Once” · Bob Blaisdell · ar
15 · Cherry Blossoms in Darkness · Lyn Lifshin · pm
17 · Water Feet · Rachel Lyon · pm
18 · Appliances · Craig Hartglass · ss
23 · The Origins of Mesmeric Death · John-Ivan Palmer · ar
27 · Shady Dealings: The Joys of Self-Stimulation · D. Garcia Wahl · cl; on Robert Bly’s self-promotional efforts.
28 · Fun Patrol: My Pet Unicorn · Justin Teerlinck · ss
32 · Redway Boulevard · Rachel Maizes · ss
36 · Sinclair Lewis: Defining America · Hugh Mahoney · ar
39 · Lost Writers of Minnesota: William C. Edgar · Joel Van Valin · cl
40-43 · The Chicle Boy · Jason R. Riley · ss
42 · Worlds in Us Once · David McLean · pm
43 · Books
_43 · review of The Distance Between Two Hands, by Greg Watson · Michael Gause · br
_44 · review of Some Ether, by Nick Flynn · Rick Marlatt · br
_45 · Chapbook Reviews · Joel Van Valin · br
45 · About Our Contributors · Misc. · bg
Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v 10 #1, Winter 2010] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; Pacific Palisades, CA, free, 29+3pp, 8½" x 11" newsprint) [Denny Lien]

fc. · Cafe Princess (photograph) · Joel Van Valin · cv
2 · From the Whistler: A Small, Quiet Place · Joel Van Valin · ed
2 · November · Chip Corwin · pm
3 · My Meeting with Mengele · Maryla Neuman, as told to Fred Amram · mm
4 · Hello · Maria Cinanni · pm
5-8 · The Relief Printer · Jessica Rae Hahn · ss
7 · The Wedding Room: Minnetonka Cave · Shanan Ballam · pm
8 · Near Harmony · John Abbott · pm
9 · Eating Your Words in a Prague Cafe · John-Ivan Palmer · ar; on Jaroslav Hasek.
10 · Cafe Literary: Whistling Shade’s Literary Cafe Review (of the Twin Cities) · various · rv
12-15 · John Dos Passos: USA, a View from Left Field · Hugh Mahoney · ar
14 · Gerwin · Calvin White · pm
15 · The Dust of Timas · Sappho; trans. by Edwin Arlington Robinson · pm (r)
16 · Shady Dealings: The White Man Apologizes · D. Garcia Wahl · cl
17-21 · Fun Patrol: I Never Promised You a Shit Garden (farming in Central America) · Justin Teerlinck · mm
19 · Marshland Dusk, for Grace Crowell · John Philip Johnson · pm
21 · There Is Always More Work to Be Done · Dave Barrett · ss
22 · Wasps · Scott Provence · pm
23 · Lost Writers of Minnesota: Clifford D. Simak · Joel Van Valin · cl
24 · Angle Side Angle · Mary Lynn Reed · ss
28 · Books
_28 · review of Elisha’s Bones, by Don Hoesel · Beadrin Youngdahl · br
_28 · review of The Nine Scoundrels, by Deanna Reiter · Curtis West · br
_29 · Poetry Readings · Joel Van Valin · br
29 · About Our Contributors · Misc. · bg
The White Elephant Formerly Poker Chips.
The White Elephant [# 7, December 1896] (6" x 8½") [VB] The Debut of “Pittsburgh” Williams · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Prize Winner at Y--- · John J. a’Becket · ss Between Friends · John Habberton · ss Room “99” · Francis Worcester Doughty · ss Rawson’s Christmas Turkey · Eugene Shade Bisbee · ss The Bird That Was Not Cooked · Harry C. Antes · ss
The White Elephant [# 8, January 1897] (6" x 8½") [VB] As a Phantom Fleeting · Jessie Bartlett Davis · ss Simpson’s Bad Luck · Ed. Mott · ss Not Romantic · John Lawrence · ss Marse Chet’s Duel · Geo. F. Lyon · ss The Gentleman from Arizona · Arthur Pottow · ss Mrs. Murphy’s Stuffed Turkey · Ernest Jarrold · ss How Mrs. Causely “Called” the Bluebells · W. H. Neall · ss
The White Elephant [# 9, February 1897] (6" x 8½") [VB] A Tale of a Private Letter-Box · Cleveland Moffett · ss All in a Sleigh · John Habberton · ss The Queen of the Steerage · Gilson Willets · ss A Break for Liberty · Major Alfred R. Calhoun · ss The Seal of Joan of Arc · Eugene Shade Bisbee · ss Meself an’ O’Flynn · J. C. Roach · ss The Queer Adventure of Mr. Tompkins · Henry E. Dixey · ss A Strange Case · Mrs. Helen W. Pierson · ss The Lapse of Reverend Moses Meek · Sallie F. Toler · ss
The White Elephant [#10, March 1897] (6" x 8½") [VB] Saved by the X-Ray · Francis W. Doughty · ss By Time-Limit · Mortimer Feltenstein · ss Bill Reynolds’ Papoose · Eugene Shade Bisbee · ss Life’s Fitful Fever · Isabel Gordon Curtis · ss Rache’ · Will Hanson Royce · ss My Wife’s Bluff · Thomas Q. Seabrooke · ss Four of a Kind · William R. Lighton · ss
The White Elephant [#11, April 1897] (6" x 8½") [VB] The Jewelled Dagger · Richard Stillman Powell · ss The Piano Across the Door · Harold Steele MacKaye · ss Miss Tannett’s Insight · Will N. Harben · ss "Bankrupt, Princess?" · Gaston A. Sellier · ss The Wrong Jones · William Wallace Cook · ss The Tooth and the Diamond · Wilbur M. Vansant · ss
The White Elephant [#12, May 1897] (6" x 8½") [VB] Having His Way · John Habberton · ss The Fighter from the Bowery · C. B. Lewis · ss From the Borders of Devachan · Sallie F. Toler · ss The Mystery of Melton · Will N. Harben · ss Curing the Rheumatism · Ernest Jarrold · ss Miss DeMeanor · H. P. Wartman · ss Polly’s Poker Party · Theodore Banta Sheldon · ss The Lilies of the Valley · Anita Craven · ss

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