Contents Lists

Playboy [v51 # 8, August 2004] (164pp, quarto) [TM] 83 · Up Against the Wall · T. C. Boyle · ss; illus. Phil Hale 105 · “I hate to say I told you so!” · Gahan Wilson · ct
Playboy [v51 # 9, September 2004] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 86 · Are Dreams Faster Than the Speed of Light · John Edgar Wideman · ss
Playboy [v51 #10, October 2004] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 94 · Aqua Velva Smitty · Sara Joan Berniker · ss
Playboy [v51 #11, November 2004] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 84 · St. Mark’s Day · Rod Liddle · ss
Playboy [v51 #12, December 2004] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 130 · The Revenge of the Godfather · Mark Winegardner · ss 172 · The Old Badger Game · Annie Proulx · ss
Playboy [v52 # 1, January 2005] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 86 · Digging Up Private Ryan · Christopher Buckley · ss 136 · Mom Descending a Staircase · Neil LaBute · ss
Playboy [v52 # 2, February 2005] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 100 · The Afterlife · Amy Hempel · ss
Playboy [v52 # 3, March 2005] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 86 · Punchdrunk · Chuck Palahniuk · ss
Playboy [v52 # 4, April 2005] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 94 · The Swift Passage of the Animals · T. C. Boyle · ss
Playboy [v52 # 5, May 2005] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 108 · Foot Work · Chuck Palahniuk · ss
Playboy [v52 # 6, June 2005] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 98 · Suburban Jigsaw · Robert Coover · ss
Playboy [v52 # 7, July 2005] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 114 · The Fall · Bill Roorbach · ss
Playboy [v52 # 8, August 2005] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 80 · Weight of the Moon · Madison Smartt Bell · ss
Playboy [v52 # 9, September 2005] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 84 · The Fisherman and the Jinn · Robert Coover · ss
Playboy [v52 #10, October 2005] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 74 · Statehood · Kevin A. González · ss
Playboy [v52 #11, November 2005] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 86 · Harry and the Girl-Girl Scene · Glen David Gold · ss
Playboy [v52 #12, December 2005] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 72 · A Christmas Story: Three Quarters of the Way to Hell · T. C. Boyle · ss 144 · My Father’s War · Scott Turow · ss
Playboy [v53 # 1, January 2006] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 80 · German Lessons · John Updike · ss 120 · Professional Beauty · Jay McInerney · ss
Playboy [v53 # 2, February 2006] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 60 · An Exciting New Career in Medicine · Michelle Richmond · ss
Playboy [v53 # 3, March 2006] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 78 · Sogbo’s Wife · Tony D’Souza · ss
Playboy [v53 # 4, April 2006] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 66 · Sex with Esther · Michel Houellebecq · ss
Playboy [v53 # 5, May 2006] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 92 · Suicide Watch · Joyce Carol Oates · ss
Playboy [v53 # 6, June 2006] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 72 · Proactive Keller [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · ss
Playboy [v53 # 7, July 2006] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 66 · The Bad News · Margaret Atwood · ss
Playboy [v53 # 8, August 2006] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 66 · Cul-de-Sac · J. Robert Lennon · ss
Playboy [v53 # 9, September 2006] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 74 · The Unlucky Mother of Aquiles Maldonado · T. C. Boyle · ss
Playboy [v53 #10, October 2006] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 78 · Ozark Lake · Nick Connell · ss
Playboy [v53 #11, November 2006] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 84 · The Wisdom of the Doulas · Sam Lipsyte · ss
Playboy [v53 #12, December 2006] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 98 · Willa · Stephen King · ss
Playboy [v54 # 1, January 2007] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 78 · The Myth of Sisypha · Walter Mosley · ss
Playboy [v54 # 2, February 2007] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 62 · The Starlight on Idaho · Denis Johnson · ss
Playboy [v54 # 3, March 2007] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 104 · Zombie Dan · J. Robert Lennon · ss
Playboy [v54 # 4, April 2007] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 82 · The Third Sense · Nadine Gordimer · ss
Playboy [v54 # 5, May 2007] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 100 · Winter Storms · Edward Falco · ss
Playboy [v54 # 6, June 2007] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 76 · This Nib for Hire · Woody Allen · ss
Playboy [v54 # 7, July 2007] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 108 · State of the Union · Jamie Malanowski · ss
Playboy [v54 # 8, August 2007] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 88 · We Live in Water · Jess Walter · ss
Playboy [v54 # 9, September 2007] (quarto) from TOC, fiction only. 66 · A Mature Student · Tobias Wolff · ss
Playboy [v55 # 4, April 2008] (quarto) [IC] · Wailing Shall Be in All Streets · Kurt Vonnegut · ex
Playboy [July/August 2008] ed. Hugh Hefner (166pp) Fiction-relevant contents: Jimmy Jellinek, Editorial Director. [Todd Mason] 46 · Future Tense: A Symposium on the New American Landscape:; illus. Daniel Bejar _46 · The Age of the Bottleneck · Margaret Atwood · ar _47 · A Vulnerable World · Edwidge Danticat · ar _48 · Car Fuel of the Future · T. Boone Pickens · ar _48 · The New American Diplomacy · Ishmael Reed · ar _49 · The Cosmos · Martin Rees · ar _49 · The Future of Sex · Chip Rowe · ar _50 · The Queen of Convergence: Olivia Munn · Misc. · iv [Olivia Munn] _52 · A World Without Borders · Reza Aslan · ar _52 · The Future Will Be Cooked Medium Rare · Seth McFarlane · ar 56 · Farenheit 451 · Ray Bradbury & Tim Hamilton · ex New York: Hill and Wang, 2009 79 · “She really has taken quite a liking to you!” · Gahan Wilson · ct 123 · Cell Mates · Roberto Bolaño · ss; illus. Andrea Ventura
Playgirl
Playgirl [v 1 # 7, December 1973] Information from EBAY auction. · Last Minuet in Washington · James O’Connor Sargent · ss · Vanity and Possession · Gardner McKay · ss
Playgirl [v 2 # 2, July 1974] Information from EBAY auction. · The Child · Audrey Lee · ss · After Summer · Sheila Weller · ss
Playgirl [v 2 # 5, October 1974] Information from EBAY auction. · The Waterbugs · Barbara Condos · ss · The Baron · Prudence Sprite · ss
Playgirl [v 2 # 7, December 1974] Information from EBAY auction. · What’s Wrong with This Picture? · Jacquelyn R. Nicholson · ss
Playtime
Playtime [v 1 #1, 1958] ed. Anon. Details taken from scan of Table of Contents. [PSP] 3 · Imperial Nymph · Earle Schell · ar 4 · Desire · Frances Matranga · ss 6 · Introducing a New Beauty · Anon. · pi 10 · The Krait · Hans Maeter · ss 14 · Office “Play Break” · Anon. · pi 16 · An Invitation · Anon. · pi 18 · Report on College Kiss · Robert Allan · ar 20 · Bernie Meets His Match · R. J. McClaskey · ss 26 · Let’s Have a Picnic · Anon. · pi 30 · The Last Farewell · Misc. Material · hu 34 · How to Play · Anon. · pi 36 · I Watch Lisa Die · James Causey · ss 38 · Turkish Delights · Colin Ross · ar 40 · Love Potion · George H. Smith · ss 42 · One More for the Road · Earl Carson · ar 44 · Playtime’s Poll · Misc. Material · hu 46 · Match Face and Figure · Anon. · pi 56 · Bathing · Anon. · pi
Pleasure
Pleasure [v 1 #2, 1960] ed. Anon. (91pp) Details taken from eBay listing. [PSP] · The Mating Call · Lou-Pierson Catron · ss · Midnight Seduction · Glen Low · ss · The Sex Education of Homer · Robert Block · ss · Odd Job Lover · Arnold Marmor · ss · Kiss the Blood of My Lips · William Weston · ss · Lust Farm · Jacques Lewis · na
Plotweaver
Plotweaver [v12 #3, March 1931] ed. Earle I. Strickland (The Plotweaver Publishing Co., 25¢, 16pp) [JL] 2 · Editorial · E. L. W. · ed 3 · advice to young authors · W. Wirt · ar 5 · advice to young authors · Kingsbury Scott · ar 6 · advice to young authors · Allan K. Echols · ar 7 · short autobiography · Walt Coburn · lt 7 · advice to young authors · Clem Yore · lt 8 · on writing · John A. Thompson · lt 8 · Atmosphere in Creative Writing · Reginald C. Barker · ar 10 · Song Writers · Henry R. Cohen · ar 11 · requirements of Love Story Magazine · Daisy S. Bacon · lt 12 · The Scenario Market · Misc. Material · cl
Ploughshares Literary original anthology/magazine published by Emerson College, Boston, MA. Selected contents and back issues of Ploughshares are available at www.pshares.org.
Ploughshares [# 1, v 1 #1, Fall 1971] ed. DeWitt Henry & Peter O’Malley ($20.00, 122pp, tp, cover by David Omar White) · FICTION 7(12) · The Green Raft · Catherine Dexter · ss 31(4) · Getting It in the Salt City · Carter Wilson · ss 42(11) · Gloria Gloria · Cynthia Housh · ss 71(16) · Ballgame · DeWitt Henry · ss · POETRY 5(2) · Going to Chicago · Ted Berrigan · pm 19(1) · The Cave or The Mine · Thomas Lux · pm 20(3) · Ten Notes to M-- · Thomas Lux · pm 23(1) · Oreana · Anselm Hollo · pm 24(1) · “the total length of” · Josephine Clare · pm 25(1) · ’it’s lonely in here’ · Harris Schiff · pm 25(1) · “we ate all the whales” · Harris Schiff · pm 35(1) · Settlers · Thomas Tessier · pm 36(2) · Mahler · Thomas Tessier · pm 38(2) · Upon Going Into Prison · Thomas Redshaw · pm 39(1) · In the Endless · Thomas Redshaw · pm 40(2) · Anthropitis · David Berman · pm 41(1) · Stage Directions · David Berman · pm 53(1) · Crossing Tuscany · Andrew Littauer · pm 54(1) · Images · Bruce Bennett · pm 55(1) · Contributor’s Note · Bruce Bennett · pm 56(2) · From the Notes of Keats Before Writing the “Ode to a Nightingale” · Roberto Sanesi · pm 58(1) · Vacations · Norman Klein · pm 59(1) · Death Dreams · Norman Klein · pm 60(1) · Out of Work · William Corbett · pm 61(1) · My Uncle · William Corbett · pm 62(2) · Fiesta · Paul Hannigan · pm 63(2) · Study Aids · Paul Hannigan · pm 65(6) · A Ten-Minute Walk · Sidney Goldfarb · pm 87(2) · Old French Fables · Norman Shapiro · pm 89(1) · Poem on a Surface · John Moritz · pm 90(1) · First Glimpse Out the Window in the Morning · Nicolas Born · pm 91(1) · Monday, Monday · Nicolas Born · pm 92(1) · Amanita Muscaria · Anne Waldman · pm 92(1) · Sophisticated Poem · Anne Waldman · pm 92(1) · Vast Love · Anne Waldman · pm 93(1) · Linwood Place in Snow 2/9/69 2-2:15 pm · Bill Costley · pm 94(1) · “they just started” · Claudia Menza · pm 95(1) · The Haitian Campaign · Edward Densmore · pm 96(1) · Chill Amerika · Andrew Wylie · pm 96(1) · Vietnamese Girl · Christina Wylie · pm 102(1) · The Flight · Hayden Murphy · pm 103(1) · Photos From the Family Album · Will Pirone · pm 104(1) · Afternoon Tea · George Anthony · pm 105(1) · Rather Curious Than in Haste · George Anthony · pm 106(1) · Archeological Dig, Wailing Wall Jerusalem · Anne Shaftel · pm 107(1) · Waking in the Grass After Dark · William Doreski · pm 108(1) · A Surge of Passion · David Ball · pm 109(2) · Balto Md 9 Aug 1968: In Memoriam Robert Lincoln Gullette · David Gullette · pm 111(1) · Sand · Hugh Maxton · pm 112(2) · Energy · David Lenson · pm · NONFICTION 115(4) · Journal Excerpts · David Ignatow · ms · BOOKSHELF 119(2) · rev. of Nights of Naomi by Bill Knott · William Corbett · br 121(4) · Contributors’ Notes · Misc. Material · bg

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