About

Gesture Press & Journal is a feminist press. We publish books and moonlight as a journal when the mood strikes us.

We are committed to publishing work that contains movement between & among bodies. Genre doesn’t bind or confine us. We love prose, poetry, essays, plays, visual work, and performance.

 

History

Founded in 2011, Gesture began as a printed journal, which became an online journal so that we could put our meager funds toward becoming a press. We published an experimental novel, then began publishing chapbooks, and now we primarily publish books, chapbooks, and anthologies. Soon we will be adding plays to our publications.

Throughout the years, our staff has cycled, and we very much consider them part of the Gesture fam still. Much love to Lindsay King-Miller, Ian Rummell, Rebecca Howard, Sally Seck, Brenna Lee, and Kara Miller.

These days, founding editor, Heather Goodrich, runs the press solo and partners with editors & designers on each book project. A very special shout out to the brilliant and talented HR Hegnauer for elevating the caliber and quality of every project she has worked on with us!

If you ever want to work with a press or get your feet wet, LMK! There is always space for you at Gesture. Email gesturepress@gmail.com

xoxo Heather

 
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Heather Goodrich

Publisher & Editor of Gesture Press & Journal

Heather is a writer, designer, editor, and publisher. Her prose appears in The Filaments of Heather (Sad Spell Press, 2015), Shame Radiant (book & art exhibit, 2021), and A Poetic Inventory of Rocky Mountain National Park (Wolverine Farm, 2012). She lives along Colorado’s Front Range with her partner, Craig, and their husky, Fiona. Heather is currently working on a novel about a girl growing up in a new religious movement.