The Grinder Reading Series

07/07/2017

Jason Schenheit & I started Gesture when we were both in the MFA program at San Francisco State University, back in 2012. I had wanted to start an online literary magazine, & he had recently started a small press with its own website. He said we should just join forces, so we started releasing Gestu...

06/12/2017

annual award in Poetry. It’s has been a long journey since Cathleen and I started working together to bring her wonderful book

07/09/2015

:: gesture 8 features :::

sarah jean alexander, amy mcdaniel, mike young, mark cugini, amanda huckins, taj bourgeois, theron jacobs, joshua jennifer espinoza, carmen e. brady, e.a.hyde, eva mckenna, oliver mol, and penny goring

cover art ::: lexi roberts

editer at large ::: matthew sherling layout ::: jason schenheit

By EditorJuly 9, 2015 Latest issue is out now. Click to read. gesture 8 features amazing writers from your computer, local, and around the world! What in awesome cover, the inspiring Lexi Roberts comes out w/ another cover for us and we are stunned by it’s beauty, as usual. Matthew and I can not be…

04/13/2015

By EditorApril 13, 2015 I can’t explain how much fun I had . Got to catch up w/ writers, presses, and fans, basically everything but sleep. During my time I worked the Gorilla Press booth, alongside Punk Hostage, getting gorilla’s name out and about Minneapolis and hopefully beyond. In the…

04/10/2015

Gorilla Press has teamed up w/ Punk Hostage Press to bring the best of poerty, fiction, and non-fiction to the MidWest. While I’m here I pulling authors and other presses to the side to ask a few legitimate questions and some a couple from the weirdside! – Jason Schenheit \\\ Hollie Hardy /// http…

03/06/2015

submit poetry (up to 4 poems / 4 pgs max) for upcoming troop zine
call word ::: CARGO ::: DEADLINE March 15th 2015
send emails to [email protected]
(subject line = Troop ::: Cargo Submission 'your name')
please only attach files ending in .doc, .txt, .docx, or PDF only
http://thegorillapress.com/troop

Troop exists to democratize art by removing the stringent submissions expectations that hinder the accessibility of great work. We believe that regardless of a lack of resources, experience, or academic/professional affiliation, good artists and their art should be seen, read, and heard. Each new is…

09/24/2014

Get your copies now delivered. One day ship outs of all of our titles.

We are a small press that features free online zines, beautiful hand bound chapbooks and pocket zines, and full print Poetry and Fiction Books by authors through out the United States and the World at large. Every book is made by a troop of friends in the Bay Area California. Support your local pres…

07/09/2014

bring the ruckus : https://www.facebook.com/events/658081097618072/

04/02/2014

Editing stories. Look for a CNF Flip Zine from The Gorilla Press featuring Kelly McNerney and Nate Waggoner. Coming soon. Oh boy. Also if you haven't RSVP'd to one of Justin Etc's book release parties in Oakland or San Francisco you're doing it wrong and need to step up.

04/11/2013

Grinder is tonight! Come on down to Telegraph Beer Garden and check out the featured readers : Melissa Louise, Scott Lambridis, and J de Salvo.

04/04/2013

one week away! Grinder Readings at Telegraph Beer Garden in Oakland with Melissa Louise, Scott Lambridis, and J de Salvo. come on out it's gonna get crunk like juice.

01/11/2013

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to Grinder tonight and braving the cold : to our featured readers Michael Lukas, Lauren Becker, and Mariama Lockington, you were amazing! See you all on Feb. 21st.