Lost & Found: David Carradine’s Endless Highway
The Winter issue of Tin House is probably, by now, on the coffee table of your smartest and most cultured friend. I suggest you invite yourself over, request a hot toddy, and spend the evening in front of their fire reading the new Ben Marcus story, poetry from Michael Dickman and Dorianne Laux, and Heather [...]
Tin House Writer’s Series
That writer in your life doesn’t need another Moleskin notebook . . . you got her one last year and she’ll be getting two more in her stocking. Not to worry, Tin House has put together a handsome collection of books for people just like her. With instruction on craft and insight into the lives [...]
Fall 2010 Theme: Class in America
Just received word that we’ve settled on our Fall 2010 theme issue. From our esteemed Editor, Rob Spillman:
Tin House is seeking to invest in fiction, essays, and poetry that address the often taboo subject of CLASS IN AMERICA. We are looking for all perspectives: from or about the rich to the middle class to the [...]
JC Hallman: Kenneth Patchen’s The Journal of Albion Moonlight
J.C. Hallman’s anthology, The Story About The Story, collects essays that approach book criticism from a personal angle. One of his favorite venues for that sort of thing is Tin House’s own “Lost and Found” section. In our most recent issue (Hope/Dread), Hallman writes about encountering Kenneth Patchen’s The Journal of Albion Moonlight.
I had it [...]
A Conversation w/ Deborah Eisenberg
In celebration of Deborah Eisenberg’s recent MacArthur Fellowship, we decided to post her conversation with Anna Keesey from our interview anthology, The World Within (for you subscribers, it also appears in Tin House #34). We’ve been calling her a genius for years, and are thrilled that it’s been made official.
After thirty years on West [...]
To Genre or not to Genre?
I recently received this question from one of our readers:
I have read several issues of Tin House, including the most recent. Two vegetarians go on a hunting trip . . . enough said. I feel that I have several pieces that would fit the magazine, however, I am struggling with just one thing. This question [...]
Summer Reading Recommendations: Brian DeLeeuw
As we continue with our Summer Reading Recommendations, we’ll turn inward to share what some of our editors are taking on vacation or using to fan themselves on the subway. Today’s selection comes from Brian DeLeeuw, Assistant Editor at the magazine and author of the novel In This Way I Was Saved.
Exotic locales, conspicuous consumption, [...]
10 Years of Tin House: Americca, by Aimee Bender
My sincere condolences to those of you who missed the Tin House 10th anniversary party at the Newmark here in Portland a couple weeks ago. Colson Whitehead emceed and availed himself of the opportunity to share some new poetry, a very special treat indeed, while Steve Almond harkened us all back to that special night [...]
Summer Reading Recommendations: J.C. Hallman
Over the next couple months, some of our authors and editors will be offering up their suggestions of what books you should be reading this summer. From all available research, sand and sunshine do not make the Twilight series any better. J.C. Hallman is the author, most recently, of The Hospital for Bad Poets: Stories. [...]
