Tin House Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 3, Summer 2009: Summer Reading

Tin House

by Win McCormack (Editor), Dorothy Allison (Contributor), Aimee Bender (Contributor)

Who says summer reading means a lurid potboiler or sleazy celeb tell-all? Not Tin House. Renowned for its beautiful design as well as its compelling content, the award-winning Tin House is a multisensory delight, as popular with critics as it is with readers. Each issue features the best writers of the day alongside a new generation of talent who are poised to become the most important voices of the future. Its summer issue offers an eclectic collection of short stories, profiles, author interviews, poetry, and essays, as well as 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. Breezy, sunny, funny, and always thought-provoking, Tin House Summer Reading 2009 is beach reading for the smart set.

Genres: Short Stories, Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Anthologies

224 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2009

About the author

Win McCormack is an American publisher and editor from Oregon.

He is editor-in-chief of Tin House magazine and Tin House Books, the former publisher of Oregon Magazine, and founder and treasurer of MediAmerica, Inc. He serves on the board of directors of the journal New Perspectives Quarterly. His political and social writings have appeared in Oregon Humanities, Tin House, The Nation, The Oregonian, and Oregon Magazine. McCormack's investigative coverage of the Rajneeshee movement was awarded a William Allen White Commendation from the University of Kansas and the City and Regional Magazine Association. His latest book, You Don’t Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values, examines the sex scandals of Republican politicians who espouse "moral values."

As a political activist, McCormack served as Chair of the Oregon Steering Committee for Gary Hart's 1984 presidential campaign. He is chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon's President's Council and a member of the Obama for President Oregon Finance Committee. McCormack was also chosen as Alternate Delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. He currently serves on the Oregon Council for the Humanities and the Oregon Tourism Commission. Additionally, McCormack sits on the Board of Overseers for Emerson College, and is a co-founder of the Los Angeles-based Liberty Hill Foundation

Reviews

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tin House: Tenth Anniversary Issue by Charles Baxter includes work by many of my favorite authors (such as Dorothy Allison). It is a terrific read; I love Tin House and this issue will join the others I own on my shelf where I keep great publications with short works that I can read and reread over the years.

I don't generally read anthologies but Tin House (and a few other great periodicals) gives me the opportunity to read work by authors I love and discover new authors that I often come to love as well as a result of the great choices made in the work chosen. This is a publication, imho, worth following and owning.

[Mary Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really wonderful tribute to a great literary magazine. Tin House has made its mark with a certain kind of offbeat, unusual, yet accessible kind of writing and I think this anniversary issue says it all. Great to have.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Paraphrased: our likes are made up of our dislikes...

[Kristyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked up this issue at the AWP conference. So far it's amazing.

[Amy Sprague · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent issue