Tin House Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 2, Winter 2007: #30 Come in From the Cold

Tin House #30

by Win McCormack (Editor), Rob Spillman (Editor), Anthony Doerr

In this issue, Jim Shepard returns with another deeply empathetic, surprising story based on a real person (Shepard has previously delved into the psyches of a disparate group of enigmatic characters such as John Entwistle, John Ashcroft, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon). In “Eros 7” he blasts into psychic space with pioneering cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova. We’re also delighted to welcome back Ron Carlson, Tara Ison, Anthony Swofford, Anthony Doerr, Stephen Elliott, Stuart Dybek, and Charlie Smith. On a more metaphysical note, the very public European intellectual Milan Kundera, citing the works of some of his favorite authors such as Flaubert and Kafka, argues that the novel casts a sublime spell in a way no other form can.

Genres: Fiction

224 pages, Magazine

First published January 5, 2007

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

[Maggie Koger · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Tin House is a top flight journal and the Doerr piece in this issue describes his long interest and enjoyment of Alice Munro's work in a piece that describes the essential relationship between writing and reading. "WE ARE MAPMAKERS • Time and space are no obstacle: around the earth with the stories of Alice Munro." I thought when I read this that if I every applied to an MFA program I would refer to this article as a source of inspiration for writers. Issue #30, 2006.

[Amy Sprague · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-read with Anthony Doerr--his most unforgettable, beautiful story

[Pat Newman]

I only read one story in this compilation -- by my friend Martha McPhee. May come back to the others at a later time.