I’d like to make the argument that Tin House‘s 10th Anniversary issue might be the strongest collection of contemporary writing ever. This post is going to be less about me [gasp!] and more about the unbelievable amount of awesome that is included here:
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AMERICCA THE PLANET TRILLAPHON AS IT STANDS IN RELATION TO THE BAD THING LOW-HANGING FRUIT THE COUSINS I STAY WITH SYD A NIGHT OUT ARF DONKEY GREEDY, DONKEY GETS PUNCHED WHAT, OF THIS GOLDFISH, WOULD YOU WISH? WHERE NOTHING EVER HAPPENS FIVE FICTIONS FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THE RIVER NEMUNAS JASON WHO WILL BE FAMOUS SUNDAY IN THE WINDY CITY POETRY BURNING MAN HAIKU GOO IN THE VOID MOSTLY OLD MEN BACKSTAGE PASS SEMI SEMI DASH HUMMINGBIRD SMUDGE INTERVIEWS COLSON WHITEHEAD BARRY HANNAH ESSAYS MY DEAR LITTLE ANIMAL THE BLUE INSUPPORTABLE THROUGH A GLASS LIGHTLY LOST & FOUND ON SAUL BELLOW’S Ravelstein ON ANDER MONSON’S Other Electricities ON DAVID MARKSON ON GEORGE HOWE COLT’S The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home ON CARL WILSON’S Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste ON MANDY AFTEL’S Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume http://tinhouse.com/mag/back_issues/mag_back_order.htm |
by Aimee Bender (Complete story)