Twenty issues of Happiness Holding Tank: A Magazine of Poetry and Other Information were published occasionally by Albert Drake at The Stone Press in Okemos, Michigan from 1970 to 1979. As articulated in the first issue, the magazine sought to "publish interesting poetry," "publish essays on younger poets," "publish information of various kinds," and "experiment with printing methods." Demonstrating a strong "do it yourself" approach to publishing, Happiness Holding Tank was printed using a mimeograph machine, featured several collage and stamp art covers, and had two special Assemblage issues (6 and 13) in which contributors selected their own work, typed it up, laid it out, and made 400 copies which were collated and stapled together by volunteers during an Assemblage Night. Copies of the Assemblage issues were then sent to the contributors to distribute for themselves. The magazine also featured "information" like the article "How to Make Laser Art" in issue 3/4 as well as book reviews, announcements, and calls for work. Issue 9 is a special issue of poster poems done by Gary Snyder, Richard Kostelanetz, Albert Drake, and others. Although not exclusively regional, Happiness Holding Tank published a large contingent of writers and artists from Michigan and the Midwest, with contributions from Albert Goldbarth, Barbara Drake, Earle Birney, Carol Bergé, Linda Wagner, and Philip Whalen.