We can’t believe it. We can’t believe we have the honor and privilege to publish one of New Mexico’s most beloved and revered poets: Joe Somoza! In early 2024 Grandma Moses Press will be releasing Joe Somoza’s newest poetry collection THE MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE. Here is a Joe Somoza poem from the new collection […]

Thanks to the great Lane Chasek and our friends over at Jokes Review for writing on one of our chapbook titles: I HAVE BEEN WARNED NOT TO WRITE ABOUT THIS by RON RIEKKI. Find the review here. Hit that Buy Now button below to get your own copy! I HAVE BEEN WARNED NOT TO WRITE […]

At long last the Pamela Hirst books have arrived from our manufacturer! We are thrilled to be releasing Forgotten Graves, our first bilingual collection. Also, what a wonderful tribute to the legendary Beatlick Joe Speer with this three volume Travels with the Joe series. Visit Amazon and get your copies today.

Rhythmical Approval for All Things Poetical A review by Bob McNeil Hand clapping normally signifies approval for some feat performed. Certain African American fraternities and sororities express themselves with synchronized dance moves called stepping, and those students’ hands keep the beat like a drum. Kaff, an Arabic artform, takes the slapping of appendages to a […]

Hear a new poem “Praise for My Forebears” by Bob McNeal

PERSONAL AGENDAS Written in the spirit of Anaís Nin and Marcel Proust, Personal Agendas kicks off the three-part series Travels With Joe, comprised of diaries and journals from Pamela Adams Hirst. This volume includes her first book of poetry, Personal Agendas, written as she and Joe Speer burst on the poetry scene in Nashville, Tennessee, as the Beatlicks.Autobiographical poems of 1016 […]

Pamela Adams Hirst is a Beatlick. She is a performance poet and also, along with her partner Beatlick Joe, produced many amazing videos and documentaries. Joe and Pamela and sometimes other performance artist and poets were known as The Beatlicks. Getting their start in Nashville, Tennessee, they were responsible for bringing SLAM South of the […]

CLAP YOUR HANDS, STOMP YOUR FEET BY CARLA M. CHERRY AVAILABLE NOW! Cherry’s new chapbook is piercing, alluring and extremely strong. The narrative arc, density, and warmth in this sequence of poems make it one of the most stunning chapbooks we have ever published. Line by line Cherry leads the reader through love, heartbreak, and […]