Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 1996 (#1)

INTERVIEWS

Rikki Ducornet interviewed by Carolyn Kuebler

FEATURES

Karen Elizabeth Gordon by Frank Marquardt
Bookstores' Top Tens: Booksellers' Favorite Handsells
The Chances for Literature in MN by Charles Alexander
Austryn Wainhouse & The Marlboro Press interviewed by Carolyn Kuebler
Twin Cities Literary Magazines Listing Reviews

FICTION REVIEWS

Ghost of Chance    William Burroughs   by John Granath
Jetlag    Quentin Clewes   by Carolyn Kuebler
Profane Friendship    Harold Brodkey   by Steve Pomije
After the Last Crash    Larry McCaffery   by Alexander Laurence
Pallaksch, Pallaksch    Liliane Giraudon   by Carolyn Kuebler
Smoke    Djuna Barnes   by Pamela Ditchoff
Stories of an Imaginary Childhood    Melvin Jules Bukiet   by Evelyn Smith
Cannibal    Terese Svoboda   by Jessica Roeder
Haunted Houses    Lynne Tillman   by Evan Anderson
The Start of the End of It All   Carol Emshwiller   by Susanne Markgren
Amnesia Moon   Jonathan Letham   by C. K. Hubbuch
Peef the Christmas Bear   Tom Hegg   by David Swirnoff
The Last of 'The Waltz Across Texas'   Jo Carson   by Eric Goldman

NONFICTION REVIEWS

But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz    Geoff Dyer   by Brad Zellar
The Silence: Rwanda    Gilles Peress   by Michael Wiegers
Spirit of Prague    Ican Klima   by Laura Shackelford
The End of Education    Neil Postman   by Michael Jon Olson

POETRY REVIEWS

Dark Fields of the Republic: Poems 1991-1995    Adrienne Rich   by Michael Wiegers
The Throne of the Third Heaven   Denis Johnson   by Eric Lorberer
Rorschach Test   Franz Wright   by Eric Lorberer
Destination Zero    Sam Hamill   by John Granath
Poetry in Motion    Ron Mann   by Randall Heath

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