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The Tin House literary magazine is a website that allows readers to view and reader original stories and poems by unknown talent freelance writers. Although they do publish a ton of original work, the site does not explore all types of poetry and view may find too much of the same kinds of poems. From reading poems on their site, such as Above the Tunnels by Sandy Fontana and Practical Joke by Brian Barker. Both of these moments speak on a hidden issue and looking deeper than the surface. I believe, Tin House selects these writers and these poems to appeal to their professional audience full of creatives who have more to share.
Modes:
Through the Tin House literary magazine website, there are several different modes that allow the reader to better understand the site. When looking at the linguistics modes on the site, what stands out the most is title heading. The title is a very simple yet elegant font and allows the animation of a two-story house to become a focal point for the audience. The font remains the same kind of simple yet elegant font throughout the site.
In addition to linguistics, the Tin House site also uses very visual modes to catch the audience’s attention. When a viewer enters the site, you immediately see a larger front page changing slide with six different colorful titles of original poems and stories. The colors of the title slides range from turquoise, blues, yellows, whites, browns, and oranges. The rotating colors and images in the slide contrast very well with all the negative white space around the margins. This brings me to the examples of spacial modes on the Tin House site. The layout of the site continues straight down as you scroll to see different samples of work from authors such as Patricia Smith, Brian Barker, and Sandy Fontana. But all around these reading, one will notice the side margins are very wide on both sides and cause the site to have a ton of white, unused space throughout. The Tin House layout starts with the revolving slides on the front page and simply list three smaller boxes underneath to highlight three different literary pieces. Below that, Tin House leaves its own message for the readers as a “Thank you” for their support and to inform them of a new policy they are implementing. The layout and structure of the site are organized in a way that allows viewers to continue seeing new poems just by scrolling down; making the site very easy to navigate.
The last type of mode seen throughout the site is the gestural modes. Throughout the site, viewers have the ability to scroll up and down through the featured poetry. Through the different gestural modes, a viewer will find three lines in the top left corner of the screen that brings them to a menu that gives new options, additional information and resources to purchase books, workshops, magazines, and even internships. Allowing people to buy and have a chance to purchase the poetry they are reading is an upgrade to the literary experience.
Affordances
The Tin House gives readers a variety of poems to engage in without interruption. Tin House affords readers with a chance to purchase books of the authors they may have really enjoyed from their site. I feel like this is a great way to promote different authors and not only allow readers to get a glimpse of their work but to get more of what they are interested in. One way in which Tin House does not afford the audience is through a top navigation bar. Most sites have the navigation bar right under the title, along the top of the site so that the information tabs are easy to find. The three-line menu bar (mentioned before) is not in an eye-catching spot to locate.
Conclusion
When analyzing the Tin House literary magazine, I was able to find and go through a very modern and sleek website design while reading new poems. Through the different modes and affordances, Tin House was not able to offer all genres of poetry by they are very successful in giving audiences a chance to explore original pieces of work from various poets.