Tin House

Beautifully designed and showcasing the best of both well-known writers and rising stars,Tin Househas pulled out of the pack to gain a reputation as the most important of contemporary literary magazines. Outsider literature, like outsider art and music, has become increasingly popular in our corporatized, consumerist society. The Spring theme issue ofTin Houseexamines this trend in depth. Subtitled "Off the Grid," this special issue includes powerful work by or about people or institutions that function or don't out of the bounds of "normal" society. Highlighting a unique kind of raw creativity unmediated by formal training or standard narrative strategies, the issue includes a "Lost & Found" section that contains brief appreciations of texts written outside of conventional publishing, writings done in prison and mental institutions, exile and "in secret," and in fantastic realms beyond.Shaughnessy, Brenda is the author of 'Tin House', published 2008 under ISBN 9780979419843 and ISBN 0979419840.