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Whistling Shade: The Twin Cities Literary Journal [v3 #1, Spring 2003] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 24pp, tabloid) “The Sports Issue” Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [photo] · Jennifer Roggenbuck · cv 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 _18 · A Memoir of No One in Particular, by Daniel Harris · James Beach · br _19 · Bellocq’s Ophelia, by Natasha Trethewey · Mercer Bufter · br _19 · The Porcelain Apes of Moses Mendelssohn, by Jean Nordhaus · Mercer Bufter · br 20 · Inversion · Janis Riehl · pm 21 · Three Ways of Waking · Danny C. Knestaut · pm 21 · [cartoon] · A. J. Mason · ct 21 · About the Writers · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [v3 #2, Summer 2003] When the World Becomes New Again · Tony Rauch · ss At Les Baux · Ken Warner · ss Beyond the Reef · John B. Rosenman · ss Just Like Home · Allen McGill · ss Book-Crawling in Bangkok · B. Somnouk Thao Worra · ar On Not Speaking English · Curtis West · ar Even Here We Are—Rabindranath Tagore and Why Art Anyway? · Weston Cutter · ar [Rabindranath Tagore] Song of the Guatemalan Street Seller · Marcia Mascolini · pm African Eternity · Maureen M. Smith · pm Hari-ki-Pairi—Bathing at the Footsteps of God · Melinda L. Alderman-Vajaria · pm Guards in the Pushkin Museum · Sharon Chmielarz · pm Why She Likes It · Amber Shields · pm Outside Port-au-Prince · John Grey · pm The Highlands of Sulawesi · John Grey · pm What I Have Learned in the Jungles of Guatemala · Kelly Westhoff · pm Collecting Stamps · Jeff Leong · pm Lake Trasimeno · Maria Cinanni · pm Summer—A Pantoum · Sreedhar Balagapal · pm A Terrorist in Words Alone · Corey Mesler · pm A Few Words with Ed Teja · Anon. · iv

Whistling Shade: The Twin Cities Literary Journal [v3 #3, Fall 2003] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 24pp, tabloid) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [photo] · Joel Van Valin · cv 2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · First Patrol · Jim Colley · pm 3- 4 · I’m Dead, Now What? · Michael Fedo · ss 3 · Utah · Garry Nordenstern · pm 4 · Sparse Music · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 4 · Haiku · Carly Svamvour · pm 5- 8 · Dope, Discipline, Derangement · Justin Teerlinck · ss 6 · That’s What Cell Phones Are For · T. Robert Torkildson · pm 8 · Red and Its Biographer · Steve Mueske · pm 9-10 · Thirteen · Nick Padron · ss 9 · Lyric · Patrick Erickson · pm 10 · Cinema: Leni Riefenstahl’s Divide Legacy · Sten Johnson · nf 11-14 · Edna St. Vincent Millay - a Pilgrimage · Joel Van Valin · nf 12 · God’s World · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm (r); from Renascence, 1917. 12 · Song of a Second April · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm Ainslee’s Magazine Feb 1920 13 · Recuerdo · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm 1919; from A Few Figs from Thistle, 1920. 13 · Passer Mortuus Est · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm (r); from Second April, 1921. 13 · I Shall Go Back Again to That Bleak Shore · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm (r); from The Harp-Weaver, 1923. 14 · The Return from Town · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm (r); from The Harp-Weaver, 1923. 14 · To Ask Her (For Prashant) · Neha Malhotra · pm 15 · Heat Stroke · Karen Kleiman · ss 15 · The Custodian · Danny P. Barbare · pm 16-17 · Cool Dead People: Forking Through Edgar Lee Master’s (sic) River of Souls · Anon. · nf 17 · Profile—C.D. Wright · Weston Cutter · nf 18-19 · Rise and Fall · Michael Davidson · ss _20-21 · Books · [Various] · rc _20 · Twelve Branches—Stories from St. Paul, by Nora Murphy et al · Joel Van Valin · br _20-21 · Sin of Omission, by David Evans Katz · Mike Terrell · br _21 · Indians in the Arborvitae, by Michael Fedo · Joel Van Valin · br 21 · About the Writers · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade [v3 #4, Winter 2003-2004] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 20pp, tabloid) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [photo] · Joel Van Valin · cv 2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · Short Vacations · Lee Clark Zumpe · pm 3 · Dr. Talbot’s Cider · Patricia Tompkins · vi The Copperfield Review 4-5 · Squeeze · Michael Cocchiarale · ss 5 · Inconsequential · Michael McManus · pm 6-7 · The Bright Light at 50K · Eli Jean Weintraub · nf 7 · Poetry Readings Around the Twin Cities · Jesmia Avery · nf 8-9 · The Chain · Elizabeth Schambacher · ss 9 · Housesitter · Kenneth Pobo · pm 10 · Cinema: Noir Recherche: Jean-Pierre Melville’s “Le Cercle Rouge” · Sten Johnson · mr 10 · Third Week in the Desert · John Grey · pm 11 · Bob Hope Still Owes Russia $1200 · Joel Van Valin · br; review of Hope’s I Owe Russia $1200. 11 · Ayers Rock Sunset · Ross Plovnick · pm 12 · Explode—Olena K. Davis and Your Reset Button · Weston Cutter · nf; review of her poetry, mostly Shattered Sonnets. 13 · Cool Dead People: Bruce Chatwin, He’s a Real Nomad Man · Suzanne Nielsen · nf 14-15 · The Allure of Mima Shura’s Knishes · David Evans Katz · ss 15-17 · Books · [Various] · rc _15 · What Narcissism Means to Me, by Tony Hoagland · Weston Cutter · br _15-16 · The Compassionate Rebel, ed. Burt F. Berlowe et al · Eli Weintraub · br _16 · It Was Today, by Andrei Codrescu · Jesmia Avery · br _17 · A Journal of a Mississippi River Canoe Adventure, by Jime and Carol Otremba [Jime Otremba] · Joel Van Valin · br 17 · About the Writers · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade [v4 #1, Spring 2004] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 24pp, tabloid) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [photo] · Joel Van Valin · cv 2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed 2-4 · The Musician’s Corner in Purgatory · Michael Fedo · ss 3 · Floors · Steve Price · pm 5-6 · Don’t Kill Mother! · Stoyan Valev; translated by Nevena Pascaleva · ss; translated from the Bulgarian. 6-9 · Two Patriots, Six Counties · Sean Dent · ss 8 · A New World · Van Anderson · pm 9-10 · Daphne Du Maurier’s Ordinary People · Joel Van Valin · nf 10 · 12:50 PM in the Ant Museum · Georgie Lee Blalock, III · pm 11 · Cool Dead People—Repetition in a Name: The Soul of Jerome K. Jerome, 1859-1927 · Suzanne Nielsen · nf 12 · Whistling’s Shade’s Gallery of Limericks _12 · New York · Timothy Torildson · pm _12 · Dear Martha · Timothy Torildson · pm _12 · Jesse at Harvard · Timothy Torkildson · pm _12 · Latest Terrorist Alert · Timothy Torkildson · pm _12 · First Date · Michael Ramberg · pm _12 · Possible Futures for the Bush Administration · Joel Van Valin · pm 12-17 · There Is Only Noise · Christo Oosthulzen · ss 16 · Maiden Voyage · Naomi Kamimura · pm; (in English and Japanese). 17-18 · Where Are You Now, Charming Billy? · Wayne Scheer · ss 19 · Lyrics: Underneath the Stars, by Kate Rusby · Joel Van Valin · ms; music review. 19 · Cinema: 2003: The Top 10 Films · Sten Johnson · mr 20-21 · Books · [Various] · rc _ · Human Cathedrals, by John Sweet · Shelly Reed · br _ · Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic, by Redmond O’Hanlon · Sten Johnson · br _ · Wild Hands Toward the Sky, by Ray Elliott · Rhonda Niola · br 21 · About the Writers · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade [v4 #2, Summer 2004] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 18pp+, tabloid) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [photo] · Anne Lies · cv 2 · From the Whistler: Three Years · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · Literary Crossword · [Misc.] · pz 3-4 · Bambi Sabatini, Inc. · Michael Fowler · ss 4 · How He Became Known as Daddy · Braxton Younts · pm 5-7 · The Journey Out · Michael Ramberg · ss 5 · Sea Satori · Akin Olatidoye · pm 6 · Mediation of Psalm 23 · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 6 · The Sun Is Square: Dakota Proverbs · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 7 · Cool Dead People: Dawn Powell’s Life: A Series of Allez Oops! · Suzanne Nielsen · nf 7 · Communicating with a Larger Body of Water · Suzanne Nielsen · pm 8-11 · The Bar Stories; all supposedly true anecdotes, vignette length. __8 · A Trip to Burdick’s · Nelson Inz · ts __8 · On Wisconsin · Jesmia Avery · ts __9 · The Joke’s on Bertelli · Jim Cooley · ts __9 · Conflict of Interests · Rhonda Niola, as told to · ts __10 · Gene · Sharon Chmielarz · ts __10-11 · Shakespeare, House Keys, and Drinking with the MP · Joel Van Valin · ts 11 · Elders of the Village · Curtis M. Urness · ss 12-15 · Evan Went to Heaven · Daniel Maclaine · ss 13 · Strong Horses · Jack Conway · pm 15 · About Town: Poetry at the Artists Quarter and the Blue Nile · Jesmia Avery · nf 16 · Cinema: Hell Is Full: The Unwelcome Return of ’Dawn of the Dead’ · Sten Johnson · mr 16-17 · Books · [Various] · rc __16 · Oblivion, by David Foster Wallace · Weston Cutter · br __16-17 · Sad Little Breathing Machine, by Matthea Harvey · Weston Cutter · br __17 · Sweet Bells Jangled, by Laura Redden Searing · Joel Van Valin · br 17 · About the Writers · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade [v4 #3, Fall 2004] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 22pp+, tabloid) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [photo] · Adrian Rimbu · cv 2 · From the Whistler: Ruminator Farewell · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · Dog Satire: Adventures of a Dog Poet · A. J. & J. K. Mason · cs 2 · Literary Crossword · Anon. · pz 3-6 · Behind the Yellow Line · Justin Teerlinck · ss 5 · Transtromer Imagines an Amish Electrician After Reading Maxwell · Gregory Clark · pm 7-8 · Anna Karenina’s Children’s Novel · Bob Blaisdell · nf 8 · About Town: Literary E-zines · Jesmia Avery · ms; website reviews of: three candles / Unarmed: Adventurous Poetry Journal / The Wayfarer / Double Dare Press. 9-10 · Far Star · Chuck Brown · ss 10 · Cinema: Eye on the Rabbit—The Saga of Vincent Gallo’s “The Brown Bunny” · Sten Johnson · mr 11 · Cool Dead People: The Mortality of Lineage—Janet’s Come and Gone · Suzanne Nielsen · nf [Taylor Caldwell]; on Taylor Caldwell. 11 · A High-Up Town in Italy · Duane Locke · pm 12-14 · New Book Store Tour · various · nf; reviews of seventeen book stores in the Twin Cities metro area; a followup to the “Used Book Store Tour” article in the winter 2002 issue. 15-19 · Whitewater · Laurie Suomala · ss 16 · An Eisenhower Affair · Melanie Faith · pm Books · [Various] · rc _19-20 · Up Above the World: Revisiting Paul Bowles · Sten Johnson · br _20 · The Saint’s Bones (The Gang, Book 1) by Mark Edwards · Joel Van Valin · br _20 · Civil Disobedience - Poetics and Politics in Action ed. by Anne Waldman and Lisa Birman · Joel Van Valin · br 21 · Backyard Writer: Brian Lutterman · Joel Van Valin · iv 21 · About the Writers · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v4 #4, Winter 2004/2005] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 22pp+, tabloid) Cover is a reproduction of etching “Flora MacIvor at the Waterfall”). Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: When Poetry Is a Crime · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · An African Outhouse After a Hurricane, Dec. 1983 · Apryl Fox · pm 2 · Dog Satire: Adventures of a Dog Poet · A. J. & K. J. Mason · cs 3-4 · Jaw · Heather Goodman · ss 4 · Against the Graine · Michelle Burke · pm 5-6 · Snatch Up Cookies · Beadrin Youngdahl · ss 6 · Whistling Shade’s Poetry Survey · Joel Van Valin · ms 7 · About Town: Local Publishers · Jeanne Avery · ms; descriptions of Coffee House Press; Milkweed Editions; Graywolf Press; Llewellyn Worldwide; j-Press Publishing; University of Minnesota Press. 8 · Cool Dead People: Charlotte Mew—A Back Alley Journey · Suzanne Nielsen · nf 9 · Shady Dealings · D. Garcia Wahl · cl 9 · Funny Halo · Maurice Oliver · pm 10-12 · Walter Scott’s Femme Fatale · Joel Van Valin · nf 13-18 · Interred with the Bones · Eric Prochaska · ss 14 · The Dark Night of the Body · Duane Locke · pm 19-21 · Books · [Various] · rc _19 · Millard Fillmore, Mon Amour by John Blumenthal · Melanie Faith · br _19 · Deja Vu and the Phone Sex Queen by Michael McIrvin · Michael Ramberg · br _19 · The Egg Lady and Other Neighbors by Tricia Currana-Sheehan · Joel Van Valin · br _19-20 · The Crowded Room by Michael Maupin · Sten Johnson · br _20 · Earthling by Steve Healey · Gregory Clark · br _20-21 · Chapbooks! · Joel Van Valin · br; brief notes on four chapbooks. 21 · Backyard Writer: Jack Koblas : Interview · Joel Van Valin · iv 21 · About the Writers · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v5 #1, Spring 2005] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 20pp, tabloid) cover is a reproduction of seventeenth century painting, “The Muses,” by Eustache Le Sueur Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: Aprille with His Shoures Sote · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · Letter to My Brain Surgeon · Michelle Barnette · pm 2 · Dog Satire: Adventures of a Dog Poet · A. J. & K. J. Mason · cs 3 · Gigantic · Tony Rauch · vi 3 · Hands · Greg Watson · pm 4 · Pine Log on the Gunflint · Luke Hinrichs · pm 4-5 · This Is Duluth! · Michael Fedo · nf 6 · About Town: Literary Cafes · Jesmia Avery · ms 6 · First Born · Liza Porter · pm 7 · Shady Dealings · D. Garcia Wahl · cl; humor re types of poets heard at open readings. 7 · Good-Bye Again · Liza Porter · pm 8 · Cool Dead People: Frida Uhl’s Veins of Ink · Suzanne Nielsen · ar 8 · Houdini’s Women · Cheryl Snell · pm 9 · An Essay Betraying My Love · Lisa Zaran · ar; on Bob Dylan. 9 · Auschwitz-Birkenau · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 10 · Sunset Swim · John Grey · pm 10-12 · Drinking in Iranduba · Jarda Cervenka · ss 12 · Sacred · Yume Chung Martinez · pm 12 · Hopper’s Summer Interior · Pj Nights · pm 13 · Twofers · Suzanne Nielsen · ss 14 · Profile—Eiji Yoshikawa · Joel Van Valin · ar 15-16 · Books · [Various] · rc __ · Shadowplay, by Jeffrey Burton · Sten Johnson · br __ · If Nothing Else, by Harold Bowes · Tony Telschow · br __ · All the Way Home, by Ann Tatlock · Deanna Reiter · br __ · The Lady and the Unicorn, by Tracy Chevalier · Kristin Johnson · br 16-17 · Backyard Writer: A Medieval Interview with Margaret Frazer · Joel Van Valin · iv 17 · About the Writers · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v5 #2, Summer 2005] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 24pp, tabloid) “The Travel Issue” Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: Traveler’s Tales · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · From Arthur Young’s “On the Revolution in France” (1792) · [Misc.] · ms 3-4 · Driving Around Beijing · Michael Glassman · ss 4 · That Girl Running · Liza Porter · pm 5 · Prophylactica? · Wayne Scheer · ar 5 · At the Beach on a Cloudy Day · Amber Shields · pm 5 · At the Temple of Aphrodite: Aphrodisias, Turkey · James P. Lenfestey · pm 6 · Menaka · Neha Malhotra · pm 6-7 · Alias Bob Seger and the Little Bear Bar · Mark Garcia · ar 7 · Three Sisters · Katrina Guarascio · pm 8 · The Romance of Paris · Sandra Clough · vi 8-9 · Shady Dealings: Poetry—How Novel · D. Garcia Wahl · cl 9 · Manikarnika Ghat · D. Garcia-Wahl · pm 9 · Opinion: Can Pawlenty Negotiate Better Than Ramsey Did? · Elizabeth Dorsey Hatle · ar 10 · Cool Dead People: Annie, Ad Alta! · Suzanne Nielsen · cl; on Annie Smith Peck. 11 · About Town: Literary Cafes, Part II · Jesmia Avery · ar 11 · Nostalgia · Heather Goodman · ar 12-13 · Losing, I Think · Erin T. Pringle · ss 13 · Casting Nets Along the Guadalquiver · Rhonda Niola · pm 14 · For the Love of Goat · Jennifer Mueller · ar 14 · Hospital in the Himalayas · Ashok Niyogi · pm 15 · Rocketships · Curtis Urness · vi 15 · Time Zones · Chet Carey · pm 16 · Kapuna Wahine · Niomi Rohn Phillips · ar 17-18 · Malcolm Lowry’s Neverending Voyage · Sten Johnson · ar 18-20 · Books · [Various] · rc __ · A Century of November, by W.D. Wetherell · Kristin Johnson · br __ · In the Seasons of My Mind, by Marty Matz · Michael Ramberg · br __ · Shut Up/Shut Down, by Mark Nowak · Beadrin (Pixie) Youngdahl · br __ · I Am Spam, by Larry O. Dean · Rhonda Niola · br 20-21 · Backyard Writer: Jude Nutter · Joel Van Valin · iv 21 · Dog Satire: Adventures of a Dog Poet · A. J. & J. K. Mason · cs 21 · About the Writers · Anon. · bg