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Tin House is an American literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon and New York City. The Tin House magazine was conceived in the summer of 1998 by Portland publisher Win McCormack. He envisioned a journal that would be graphically appealing and free of the stale substance found in many contemporary journals. With this in mind, he enlisted Holly MacArthur as managing editor, along with the help of two experienced New York editors, Rob Spillman and Elissa Schappell.

In 2005, Tin House expanded into a book division, Tin House Books. They also run a by-admission-only summer writers' workshop held at Reed College.

Tin House magazine

Tin House publishes both fiction and poetry, and it also publishes interviews with important literary figures, a "Lost and Found" section dedicated to exceptional public domain and generally overlooked material, and drink recipes. It is also distinguished from many other notable literary magazines by actively seeking work from previously unpublished writers for its "New Voices" section.

A story from the Summer 2003 issue, "Breasts" by Stuart Dybek, was featured in The Best American Short Stories for 2004, and in 2006, "Window" by Deborah Eisenberg was a "juror favorite" in The O. Henry Prize Stories.

Staff

• Publisher/Editor-in-Chief: Win McCormack
• Editor: Rob Spillman
• Art Director: Janet Parker
• Managing Editor: Cheston Knapp
• Executive Editor: Lee Montgomery
• Poetry Editor: Brenda Shaughnessy
• Senior Editor: Michelle Wildgen
• Editorial Assistant: Lance Cleland
• Designer: Diane Chonette
• Associate Poetry Editor: Matthew Dickman
• Paris Editor: Heather Hartley
• Editor at Large: Elissa Schappell
• Deputy Publisher: Holly Macarthur

Writers whose work has appeared in Tin House

• Chris Adrian
• Sherman Alexie
• Dorothy Allison
• Steve Almond
• Yehuda Amichai
• Tom Barbash
• Charles Baxter
• Aimee Bender
• Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
• Lucy Corin
• Ariel Dorfman
• Stuart Dybek
• Deborah Eisenberg
• Faiz Ahmed Faiz
• Richard Ford
• Seamus Heaney
• Ann Hood
• Bret Anthony Johnston
• Miranda July
• Yasunari Kawabata
• James Kelman
• Stephen King
• Stanley Kunitz
• Kelly Le Fave
• Jonathan Lethem
• Rick Moody
• Pablo Neruda
• Sharon Olds
• Dawn Powell
• Peter Rock
• Edward W. Said
• James Salter
• John Sanford
• Charles Simic
• Donna Tartt
• Quincy Troupe
• Danielle Trussoni
• David Foster Wallace

Tin House Books

Staff

• Lee Montgomery: Editorial Director
• Meg Storey: Associate Editor
• Tony Perez: Associate Editor
• Deborah Jayne: Director of Publicity

Books published

• Best of Tin House. (2006). ISBN 0-9773127-1-2
• Do Me: Tales of Sex and Love from Tin House. (2007). ISBN 978-0-9794198-0-5
• Food and Booze: A Tin House Literary Feast(2006). ISBN 0-9773127-7-1
• The World Within. (2007). ISBN 978-0-9776989-6-7
• Arnold-Ratliff, Katie. Bright Before Us. (2011). ISBN 978-19356390-7-7
• Becker, Geoffrey. Hot Springs. (2010). ISBN 978-09820539-4-2
• Bogan, Louis trans. and ed. The Journal of Jules Renard. (2008). ISBN 978-0-9794198-7-4
• Boren, Karen Lee. Girls in Peril. (2006.) ISBN 978-09773127-2-6
• Braver, Adam. "November 22, 1963." (2008). ISBN 978-09802436-2-8
• Corin, Lucy. The Entire Predicament. (2007). ISBN 978-09776989-8-1
• DeVoto, Bernard. The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto. (2010). ISBN 978-09825048-0-2
• Fasenfest, Harriet. A Householder's Guide to the Universe. (2010). ISBN 978-09825691-5-3
• Freed, Dolly. Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and With (Almost) No Money. (2010). ISBN 978-09820539-3-5
• Goldfaden, Josh. Human Resources. (2006). ISBN 0-9776989-1-2
• Grimes, Tom. Mentor: A Memoir. (2010). ISBN 978-09825048-8-8
• Hallman, J.C. ed. The Story About the Story: Great Writers Explore Great Literature. (2009). ISBN 978-09802436-9-7
• Harvey, Matthea. illustrated by Zechel, Elizabeth. The Little General and The Giant Snowflake. (2009). ISBN 978-09776989-8-1
• Heyns, Michiel, introduction by A.L. Kennedy. "The Children's Day." (2009) ISBN 978-09802436-6-6
• Hirvonen, Elina. "When I Forgot." (2009) ISBN 978-09802436-5-9
• Krusoe, Jim. "Erased." (2009) ISBN 978-09802436-7-3
• Krusoe, Jim. Girl Factory. (2008). ISBN 978-0-9794198-2-9
• Lawrence, Sarahlee. River House. (2007). ISBN 978-09825691-3-9
• Lemon, Alex. Mosquito. (2006). ISBN 0-9773127-4-7
• Matheson, Michele. Saving Angelfish. (2006). ISBN 0-9773127-6-3
• McCormack, Win. You Don't Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values. (2008). ISBN 978-0-9794198-6-7
• Montgomery, Lee and Tony Perez, eds. "The Writer's Notebook." (2009) ISBN 978-09794198-1-2
• Morris, Keith Lee. Call It What You Want. (2010). ISBN 978-0-9825030-8-9
• Morris, Keith Lee. The Dart League King. (2008). ISBN 978-0-9794198-8-1
• Nevai, Lucia. Salvation. (2008). ISBN 978-0-9794198-3-6
• Otis, Mary. Yes, Yes Cherries. (2007) ISBN 978-0-9776989-0-5
• Parker, Jeff, Mikhail Iossel, eds. Francine Prose, intro. "Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia." (2009). ISBN 978-09820539-0-4
• Parker, Jeff. Ovenman. (2007) ISBN 978-09776989-2-9
• Shaughnessy, Brenda and CJ Evans, eds. "Satellite Convulsions: Poems from Tin House." (2008). ISBN 978-09794198-9-8
• Smith, Robert Paul. illustrated by Smith, Elinor Goulding. How to Do Nothing with Nobody All Alone by Yourself. (2010). ISBN 978-09820539-5-9
• Smith, Zak. Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow. (2006). ISBN 0-9773127-9-8
• Smith, Zak. "We Did Porn." (2009) ISBN 978-09802436-8-0
• Sparling, Scott. Wire to Wire. (2011) ISBN 978-19356390-5-3
• van Niekerk, Marlene. Agaat. (2010). ISBN 978-09825030-9-6
• Watson, Jan Elizabeth. "Asta in the Wings." (2009) ISBN 978-09802436-1-1

See also

• List of literary magazines