Hanging Loose :: NewPages Guide to Literary Magazines

Hanging Loose

Publisher’s description: Hanging Loose Press turned 43 in 2009, making it one of the oldest independent literary magazines in the country. Its name derives from its original format, loose pages in a cover envelope. Today, the magazine is a lot more dressed-up, but the focus remains the same: energetic work by new writers and by the writers who started out with us. Among them: Ha Jin, Sherman Alexie, Kimiko Hahn, Paul Violi, Sharon Mesmer, Charles North, Jayne Cortez, Tony Towle, Maureen Owen, Joanna Fuhrman, Maggie Nelson, Cathy Park Hong—and many, many more. Plus a unique feature: Each issue contains an amazing section of writing by high school students which will knock you off your chair. Finally, each issue features a portfolio by a single artist, among them George Schneeman, Archie Rand, Louise Hamlin, Robin Tewes, and David Borchart.

Recent issues:

#100 features art by R.C. Oster and Toni Simon. New writing by Jack Anderson, Elana Bell, Joanna Fuhrman, Dick Lourie, Michael Cirelli, Mark Pawlak, Robert Hershon, Hettie Jones, David Lehman, Bill Christopherson, Ron Overton, Dan O’Brien, Gerald Fleming, Alan Feldman, Gemma Cooper-Novack,Hyejung Kook, Sarah White, Larry Zirlin, David Wagoner, David Wright.  High school poetry section. Interview with Paul Violi by Mark Hillringhouse.

#99 features watercolors by Jean Holabird, writing by Paul Violi, Donna Brook, Sherman Alexie, William Corbett, Harvey Shapiro, Wang Ping, Joan Larkin, Jane LeCroy, Ron Padgett, Keith Taylor, Kimiko Hahn, Vincent Katz, Steven Schrader, Karen Loeb, and many more. Plus HL's famous section of work by high school writers.

Now in its 45th consecutive year. HL98 features art by Louise Hamlin, poetry and prose by Sharon Mesmer, David Kirby, Joel Lewis, Joanna Fuhrman, Breyten Breytenbach, Michael Cirelli, Cathy Park Hong, Elizabeth Swados, and R. Zamora Linmark, among many others. Plus a great section of high school writing.