''Whistling Shade'' is a literary journal based in

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. Founded in 2001, the journal features

fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent ...

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

memoir A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autob ...

and

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on literary topics. Whistling Shade is semi-annual, and the print issue is distributed freely in cafes, book stores, and libraries in the Twin Cities area. Issues often have themes such as ghosts, mystery, song lyrics and bar stories. According to the journal website, ''Whistling Shade'' takes “a populist approach to literature and our audience is the general reading public.” It is run by volunteers, has no academic backing and chooses not to apply for grants. Whistling Shade also publishes

novels A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of '' ...

, short story and poetry collections by authors such as Jarda Cervenka, Sharon Chmielarz, Norita Dittberner-Jax and Jeff Vande Zande. It is financed by book sales, subscriptions and advertising. Poet Alan Morrison wrote of ''Whistling Shade'': "it’s the sheer uncynical, approachable and didactic style of the articles which struck me, making for genuinely informative reading, on a variety of literary-related subjects, blissfully free of that consciously ‘ironic’ style of commentary that sadly informs much of UK journals." WS40

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* Publisher - Joel Van Valin * Fiction Editors - Rock LaManna, Lizzy Adams * Poetry Editors - Julian Bernick, Sharon Chmielarz * Columnist - Justin Teerlinck * Reviews - Ed Teja, Jordan Hirsch

Noted past contributors

* Fred Amram * Marilyn Baszczynski * Eric Stener Carlson * Jarda Cervenka * Sharon Chmielarz * Philip Dacey * Norita Dittberner-Jax * Mike Finley * Daniel Gabriel * Margaret Hasse * Mary Logue * John-Ivan Palmer * Joyce Sutphen *

Bryan Thao Worra Bryan Thao Worra (born January 1, 1973) is a Laotian American writer and poet. Thao Worra is the first Laotian American to receive a Fellowship in Literature from the United States government's National Endowment for the Arts. He was selected to r ...

* Jeff Vande Zande * Margaret Verble * Hanakia Zedek

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* {{italic title 2001 establishments in Minnesota Biannual magazines published in the United States Poetry magazines published in the United States English-language magazines Fiction magazines Magazines established in 2001 Magazines published in Minnesota Mass media in Minneapolis–Saint Paul

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