by George J. Dance
Hanging Loose Press is an American small press based in Brooklyn, New York City.
History[]
Hanging Loose is among the oldest independent literary presses in the United States.[1] It began publishing with the initial issue of Hanging Loose magazine in 1966. It has since published more than 200 poetry books, and over 100 issues of Hanging Loose.
The editors wanted to stress work by new writers and by older writers whose work deserved a larger audience. In 1968 the magazine introduced a regular section devoted to writing by talented high school writers. This section introduced work by such young writers as Joanna Fuhrman, Donovan Hohn, Meghan O'Rourke, and Rebecca Wolff, and has resulted in 4 highly praised anthologies of student work: Smart Like Me, Bullseye, Shooting the Rat, and When We Were Countries.[2]
Hanging Loose Press published the earliest full collections by Sherman Alexie, Kimiko Hahn, D. Nurkse, Jack Agüeros, Cathy Park Hong, Eula Biss, Joanna Fuhrman, Hayan Charara, Maggie Nelson, Indran Amirthanayagam, R. Zamora Linmark, and Beth Bosworth, among others. Other writers published by HL inclue Harvey Shapiro, Elizabeth Swados, Joan Larkin, Gary Lenhart, Jack Anderson, Maureen Owen, Donna Brook, Ha Jin, Charles North, Paul Violi, Tony Towle, William Corbett, Ed Friedman, and Jayne Cortez.[2]
Recognition[]
Awards won by Hanging Loose books include the Theodore Roethke Memorial Prize, The Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber First Book Award, and the Paterson Poetry Prize.[2]
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Notes[]
- ↑ Hanging Loose News, Blogspot, Web, Sep. 26, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 About Hanging Loose Press, Hanging Loose Press. Web, Sep. 26, 2015.
External links[]
- Hanging Loose Press Official website
- Hanging Loose News Official weblog
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