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The National Memorial for Peace and Justice

Grandma Moses Press was founded in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1992. We recently returned home to visit the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The memorial is dedicated to the human losses suffered during the era of racial terror lynchings, which swept across the South and beyond in the decades following the abolition of slavery. […]

SALE!!! ACID & MENUDO $9.99

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Johnny Huerta’s cult classic ACID & MENUDO will be $9.99 for the rest of April.  This is a $5.00 savings off the cover price. Here is a picture of Jon in the first hour of January 1, 2018:  

LEMON WATER IN LAKE MICHIGAN BY LAURA MANARDO AVAILABLE NOW

AVAILABLE NOW: Lemon Water in Lake Michigan by Laura Manardo. This chapbook is a mash-up between Jacques Cousteau and The Hite Report on Female Sexuality. Skinny-dip with Irrawaddy Dolphins and Giant Squid like never before. Here is the first poem in the collection.   LEMON WATER IN LAKE MICHIGAN ~ By Laura Manardo ~ $5.00 This chapbook […]

AWP18–That Ain’t Twerkin’ That’s TUBBIN’!!

GRANDMA MOSES PRESS attended AWP18 in Tampa, Florida. We had a table at the Whale Prom. It was great spreading our aesthetic to all the academics strolling by. Here’s some pictures from the first ever WHALE PROM:   

Introducing LAURA MANARDO

We are so thrilled to introduce our newest poet, Laura Manardo. We will be publishing her fantastic chapbook LEMON WATER IN LAKE MICHIGAN in late February. Here is a poem from the chapbook so you can start to dig her style:   Irrawaddy Dolphins and Casual Sex Like the Irrawaddy dolphin, I have sex for […]

POET TO NOTICE: Anne MacNaughton

We are pleased to present our next Poet to Notice: Anne MacNaughton. We hope you enjoy these 2 poems as much as we did.   Tsuruga Po-To wearing my japanese face i eat soft oysters and linguine in oddly manhattan bistro sip islay homeland scotch bob dylan holding low jazz light in tiny bathroom while […]

POSOLE WITH BENEFITS back by popular demand

We’re pleased to announce–Johnny Huerta’s cult-classic chapbook POSOLE WITH BENEFITS–now available in its second edition! POSOLE with BENEFITS (2nd ed.) ~ By Johnny Huerta ~ $5.00 This chapbook contains 56 poems, 3 moonshine recipes, and 6 drawings Dimensions: 3 3/8ths inches by 5 inches please note: this chapbook is no longer green   Here is […]

DUNCAN CANAL, ALASKA BY GAYLE LAURADUNN NOW AVAILABLE

AVAILABLE NOW: Duncan Canal, Alaska by Gayle Lauradunn. This is a chapbook-length poem set in 1960’s Alaska. Lauradunn’s lines are taut and charged with sex and bears in a place “where mist and pine cones drip”. DUNCAN CANAL, ALASKA ~ By Gayle Lauradunn~ $5.00 This chapbook contains 1 poem in 14 parts and 4 drawings […]

THUNDERSNOW BY JOEY NICOLETTI AVAILABLE NOW

Grandma Moses Press is thrilled to announce the release of THUNDERSNOW by Joey Nicoletti. We just love Nicoletti’s ear. This is 146 pages of pure fantastic. THUNDERSNOW by Joey Nicoletti ~ $14.00 ~ from page 65: Sci-Fi Film Synopsis A scientist keeps an evil tycoon’s brain alive in the lab and it slowly takes over […]

POETRY REVIEW: I’m Sorry For Everything In The Whole Entire Universe by Kyle Flak

POETRY REVIEW: I’m Sorry For Everything In The Whole Entire Universe by Kyle Flak Look at that title up there. Should Mr. Flak have included the word “whole” and the word “entire”? The academy, by way of Coleridge, would say no. Mr. Flak knows how to not give a shit correctly. Poem after poem he deflates […]