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Harley Elliott is Our Allies
Harley Elliott, Hanging Loose Press author of Darkness at Each Elbow, Animals That Stand in Dreams, and The Mercy of Distance is exhibiting his Allies series at the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery in Salina, Kansas.
Are Poets the Original Chat Bots?
You be the judge at this official Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event! Yearnings of a Chat Bot: The romantic ideation of the half human/half robot is one that we have been musing since computerized sentience in woman/man/creature form has graced our movies and tv...
A Year in Reading Lists, According to CLMP 2022
As we move into the new year, we wanted to take a moment to reflect upon the past year in reading lists. As a proud member of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, we are so honored to have some of our titles listed in their outstanding curated reading...
Any Major Poet Will Tell You, A Reflection of Sorts
As we near the end of 2022, what better time to contemplate and reflect upon our work and mission through what we and others have said/written about us over the years. https://lithub.com/nobody-tells-us-what-to-do-on-50-years-of-hanging-loose-press/...
A Strong Female Lead: Joan, Caroline, Emily, Jiwon
We make our own space. We take up space. Women who read out loud rework the landscape of poetry. In September, four poets with strong opinions filled up the backyard of Unnameable Books with an abundance of good words and insight. Joan Larkin, Emily Wallis-Hughes, and...
An Announcement: Additions to the Editorial Staff
We look forward to continuing Hanging Loose's commitment of uplifting emerging and underrepresented poets, writers and artists for another five decades. Thank you for all of your support. We couldn't do it without...
Nameable Women at Unnameable Books
Come see Jiwon Choi, Joan Larkin, Caroline Hagood and Emily Wallis Hughes at Unnameable Books on 9/24 @ 6pm. Urban dwellers, we have been cut off from the garden for too long! Here is our chance to reconstruct and reclaim our place in the lost Eden (of our dreams)....
The 11th Annual New York City Poetry Festival
The Hanging Loose Poets will be repping the press at the 11th annual NYC Poetry Festival. The Poets of Hanging Loose will be repping Brooklyn on September 11th on the White Horse stage. Come see and hear us plus a roster of poets from our five boroughs. WELCOME IN THE...
The Library Admires You: Poets Read in the Garden
Reading new work at the Brooklyn Public Library, Park Slope branch, was just a pleasure! Caroline Hagood, Joanna Fuhrman & Jiwon Choi are the Poets of Hanging Loose Press.
The Poetry Days of August: 31 Hanging Loose Titles
Inspired by @grolierpoetry to turn the dog days of August into the Poetry Days of August. We've compiled 31 HL titles to expand minds, hearts and souls. Thanks to the Sealey Challenge for helping us to remember how much we need poetry in our daily lives. Hanging Loose...
Libraries Are For Poetry: Hanging Loose Poets Read Out Loud at the Brooklyn Public Library
Come on down to the Park Slope branch of the Brooklyn Public Library on August 18th at 6pm for poets Caroline Hagood, Joanna Fuhrman and Jiwon Choi who will read their poetry out loud in the library's garden space. The BPL is celebrating 125 years of serving all the...
HLP Proves That Young Writers Are Important
If you haven't read former intern Marina Chen's interview with editors Caroline, Dick and Mark on how Hanging Loose has managed to stay fresh and potent through six decades of publishing, check it out at Rain Taxi: https://bit.ly/3GvakbJ Founded in 1966 by Robert...
Mark Talking Denise Levertov
Check out Mark's conversation with Indran Amirthanayagam on his latest book about Levertov and the impact of this great modern poet. https://youtu.be/gI4K-r7ecEM
Hanging Loose at Indie Lit Fest, Washington Square Park
Talking to folks and hawking our books at the storied Washington Square Park at the invitation of the Indie Lit Fest, sponsored by PEN America and CLMP. Can't lie, I think we all got a contact high from all the ganja being smoked around us. Get Your Book On!
Hanging Loose at the Indie Lit Fair, May 14th
Join us for the seventh annual event that celebrates the vitality and diversity of independent literary publishing. Free and open to the public, Indie Lit Fair showcases new and established poetry presses, fiction and creative nonfiction publishers, and innovative...
21st Annual Independent Publishers Book Party
Start the Presses! We hope you will join us for the 21st Annual New York City Independent Publishers Book Party at James Cohan Gallery on Thursday, May 5th from 6-8pm.