Featuring poetry, performance, and projections, Howl! is pleased to host Live Mag!’s publication party and celebration. The launch of issue 16 also honors Bob Hershon—the editor and publisher of Hanging Loose for a half-century—with a lifetime achievement award. Editor’s Jeffrey Cyphers and Ilka Scobie present readings by Bob Hershon, Lewis Warsh, Helixx Armageddon, and Susan Lewis, a performance by Jorge Clar. Scooter LaForge and Luigi Cazzanigi team up to create magical projections and an atmosphere of celebratory fun.

Equal parts Art and Poetry, Live Mag! has featured work by more than 500 contemporary poets and artists and continues its tradition as a downtowner’s diary—on the stage at live events, and on the web, and on the page.

Contributors to Issue 16 include Helixx Armageddon, Rudy Burckhardt, Peggy Cyphers, Steve Dalachinsky, Anders Goldfarb, Julio Gonzalez, Tyree Guyton, Robert Hershon, Kim Keever, Basil King, Julia Knobloch, KK Kozik, Scooter La Forge, Susan Lewis, Frank Mann, Melissa Meyer, Robert C. Morgan, Yuko Otomo, Sky Pape, Wanda Phipps, Judy Rifka, Carol Saft, Ann Shostrom Hunt Slonem, Mark Statman, George Wallace, Barry Wallenstein, Lewis Warsh and more.

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