Read this interview of NEPC member Mark Pawlak, along with the other co-editors of Hanging Loose, in Rain Taxi.
HANGING LOOSE AND STAYING YOUNG: AN INTERVIEW WITH DICK LOURIE, MARK PAWLAK, AND CAROLINE HAGOOD
Founded in 1966 by Robert Hershon, Emmett Jarrett, Dick Lourie, and Ron Schreiber, Hanging Loose Press has put hundreds of books and magazines into the world, much of it focused on emerging writers—including high school writers, regularly included in Hanging Loose magazine. The independent press that first published Sherman Alexie, Cathy Park Hong, Maggie Nelson, and many others, proves year after year that young writers are as important to them as their roster of professionals, even after six decades of publishing.
In the following interview, former HL intern and high school writer Marina Chen talks with the current co-editors Mark Pawlak, Dick Lourie, and Caroline Hagood about Hanging Loose history, philosophy, advice, and thoughts on literature and the writing youth of today.