LIPS Marks Its 45th Year with a New Issue Launch Reading
On June 6, 2026, there will be a launch event for the new issue of LIPS poetry magazine. Issue 63/64 marks the 45th year of Lips.
The reading will be from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Clifton Public Library main branch at 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011, and will feature poets who have work in this issue.
Lips was founded in 1981 by poet Laura Boss, who served as its editor until her passing in April 2021.
The magazine is now supported by the non-profit Laura Boss Poetry Foundation.
The editor, Jim Gwyn, will be the event's host.
Lips has published poems by Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg, Ruth Stone, David Ignatow, Marge Piercy, Michael Benedikt, Nicholas Christopher, Anne Waldman, Ishmael Reed, Gregory Corso, Lyn Lifshin, Ted Berrigan, Paul Hoover, Jana Harris, Toi Derricotte, Joseph Bruchac, Alice Notley, Warren Woessner, Robert Phillips, Hal Sirowitz, Theodore Weiss, Alicia Ostriker, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Stanley H. Barkan, Michael Weaver, Molly Peacock, and Richard Kostelanetz.
Lips will be accepting submissions for the 2027 issue from September 1 through November 30.
