May
17

Rumors and the Truth

There’s a rumor that we’re buying abandoned match factories and turning them into a chain of small poetry presses, gentrifying the neighborhoods and displacing people. Not true. Abandoned factories have already been torn down or converted into condos and our neighborhoods have

May
17

Chicago, Let’s Chat about Poetry and Publishing

After our book fair debut in a cavernous convention center in downtown Los Angeles, we are starting our tour of Chicago Public Library branches. First stop: Rogers Park. If you’re in or near Chicago, head to Rogers Park Library at 6907 N

Apr
13

Our Cover Designer Gretchen Hasse’s Puppets (and More) in the News and in the Flesh

As our writers and our most attentive readers and supporters know, Match Factory Editions books feature rad covers designed by Gretchen Hasse. Those who end up collecting all of our books will have a rainbow-like shelf deserving of envious oohs and aahs. 

Apr
05

We’re on the Information Superhighway

Exciting news! You can now purchase our published books at most any online bookstore found on the information superhighway! That’s right: visit Bookshop.org, BN.com, Booksamillion.com, or Amazon.com to purchase Concrete Is More Beautiful Disfigured and Stained or Meditations on the Possibility of

Mar
02

The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes

Snezana and I have been doing a piss-poor job of promoting our own books, which means we are not impressing the amazing writers who have signed with us at all. I, then, decided to write this news post and do a little

Mar
01

Join Match Factory Editions at AWP 2025!

Snezana and I are so excited to be part of the AWP 2025 Bookfair in Los Angeles! Stop by and see us at the Match Factory Editions table. Are vendors allowed to attend events? I’m really looking forward to Roxane Gay’s keynote