| For writing teachers and all who love poetry
  
THREE POWERFUL ANTHOLOGIES
BY HIGH SCHOOL WRITERS
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SHOOTING THE
RAT: Outstanding Poems and Stories by High School Writers
Shooting the Rat is a collection of extraordinary poems and
stories by 93 of the nation’s most outstanding high school
writers. All the work first appeared Hanging Loose magazine's
high school section, the standard for cutting-edge work by teenaged
writers since 1968, including the annual Seaman Award winning
poems, and four poems that were later published in The Best
American Poetry of 1996 , edited by distinguished poet Adrienne
Rich--not an anthology of high school work, but a selection
from the best American poets writing today. Shooting the Rat
is the third volume in this highly praised series.
“All the concerns that course through
the lives of young people today have found their way into these
terrific poems and stories. This third collection, as the two
before it, most definitely should be in high school libraries
and in the hands of English teachers everywhere. If public libraries
have not added this to their collections they have been remiss.”—KLIATT,
September 2003
“…images leap from the pages
full of surprises, from classical allusions to brand name references,
presenting readers with sharps slices of life and a variety
of philosophical musings. The prose pieces – some stories,
other captured moments – showcase writers who have mastered
their craft and found their voices.”--
VOYA, October 2003 (Voice of Youth Advocates)
“All the selections are of high
quality and demonstrate a wide variety of poetic forms and themes,
making this offering a valuable addition to poetry collections
and a great introduction to the craft itself….”
School Library Journal, October 2003
TP: 1-931236-23-2, $16.
HC: 1-931236-24-0, $26.
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BULLSEYE:
Stories and Poems by Outstanding High School Writers.
Edited by Mark Pawlak and Dick Lourie with Robert Hershon and
Ron Schreiber.
An extraordinary collection from the pages of Hanging Loose
magazine's celebrated High School Writers section.
"Sixty eight young writers from 18 states are represented, and
their short stories and poems are variously passionate, funny,
nostalgic, wise, clever, and above all, inspiring to other young
writers. . . . Kudos to Hanging Loose Press for bringing these
writings to a wide audience."
--Kliatt
"Each of the authors has a distinct, original voice and brings
freshness and vitality to the subject matter. Make sure this volume
gets into the hands of creative writing teachers and all those
students who like to write for their own pleasure. If one way
to become a better writer is to read lots of good writing, then
readers should be tremendously encouraged and helped by this collection."
--School Library Journal
256 pages. Paper: ISBN 1-882413-12-1, $15.00
Cloth: ISBN 1-882413-12-X, $25.00 OUT OF PRINT
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And in its fourth printing...
SMART
LIKE ME: High School Age Writing from the Sixties to Now.
"The levels of insight and maturity are often astounding."--School
Library Journal. "Any teacher who's worked with teen-age writers
will be cheered and re-inspired." -- X.J. Kennedy. "It will encourage
teenage writers."--Booklist. "Give it to old fogies who maunder
on about what the younger generation's coming to."
--Village Voice
160 pages. Paper: ISBN 0-914610-58-9, $10.00
Cloth: ISBN 0-914610-59-7, $20.00
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