NEW HOPE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW
An independent small press poetry review
 Hanging Loose 231 Wyckoff Street Brooklyn NY 11217 USA ISSN 0440-2316 $11 subscriptions: 3 issues $22 [$27 institutions; $42 foreign {ex-Canada}] email Hanging Loose Press visit the website of Hanging Loose Press Latest issue appears to be #93.        Web design by  This page last updated: 13th October 2008. |
Hanging Loose #84 | |
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There are over 130 pages in this perfect bound, and professionally produced journal. It contains a mixture of poems and short stories. There is a short biographical section at the back. One section features work from high-school pupils, and Hallie Cooper-Novack begins her poem called THE ART OF FIXING A SHADOW with: It begins with me in the bathtub I am soaking I'm developing I'm being fixed And when I get out I dry smooth, Like a piece of wet fiber paper.Hallie Coopper-Novack is a recent graduate of Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn and is currently attending Wesleyan University. In this poem, Hallie Cooper-Novac gives an exploration of emotions. Her writing has a surrealistic feel. William Herman gives us a story called I'M NOT GLORIA. I love this title. It is a well-written piece. William Herman focuses on seedy life and relationships: It isn't easy to hit bottom. You have to float down through pressure depths fighting a sargasso of possible victories. You have to be heavy with respect to gravity — be grave, that is. Nevertheless, gravity is not a law, only a hint that may be safely ignored if you're firmly bent on paralysis.In general, the journal has an intimate feel, with a focus on the little aspects that make up life. It is about lives and living. A journal that leaves you feeling you are not alone. | ||
| reviewer: Doreen King. |