Summer Reading - Tin House

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Win McCormack, Rob Spillman, Lee Montgomery, Holly MacArthur
Tin House Magazine, 2008 - Fiction - 224 pages
Beautifully designed and showcasing the best of both well-known writers and rising stars, "Tin House" has pulled out of the pack to gain a reputation as the most important of contemporary literary magazines. Kick back with the summer reading issue, in which a cast of painstakingly drawn characters confront themselves and those they love (or don't love). Featured here are Chris Adrian, author of "Gob's Grief" and "The Children's Hospital, " Alice Fulton, author of the poetry collection "The Cascade Experiment, " Steven Heighton, author of the novel "Afterlands, " and promising new voice Marissa Perry. This issue features short stories, profiles, author interviews, poetry, essays, and unique departments such as "Lost and Found" reviews of overlooked or underrated books and "Blithe Spirits" and "Readable Feast," which present tales and recipes for drinks and food in a literary way."

About the author (2008)

Win McCormack is publisher and editor-in-chief of Tin House magazine. He has been in the magazine and book publishing business since 1976. He published Oregon Magazine from 1976 to 1988, and has also been involved in publishing Oregon Business, Oregon Home, Travel Oregon, Military History Quarterly, and Art and Auction magazines, and was involved in the start-up of Mother Jones. He is editor of the books Profiles of Oregon, Great Moments in Oregon History, and The Rajneesh Chronicles, and won a William Allen White award for his investigative coverage of the Rajneesh cult from 1982-1986. He writes on politics and wrote the article "Deconstructing the Election: Foucault, Derrida and GOP strategy," about the presidential election debacle in Florida in 2000, for the Nation. He holds a BA in Government from Harvard College and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon. Rob Spillman is editor of Tin House magazine and executive editor of Tin House Books. He was previously the monthly book columnist for Details magazine and is a contributor of book reviews and essays to Salon and Bookforum. He has written for the Baltimore Sun, the Boston Review, British GQ, Connoisseur, Details, Nerve, the New York Times Book Review, Premiere, Rolling Stone, Spin, Sports Illustrated, SPY, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Worth, among other magazines, newspapers, and online magazines. He has also worked for Random House, Vanity Fair, and the New Yorker. Holly MacArthur lives in Portland, OR.

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