May Wall Press is a trans-operated literary project in the greatest city in the world: Portland, OR. I named it after my great-great-grandma Emma May Wall, born 1880 in Liverpool.

The Press has taken root with a growing network of 30+ featured local writers and hundreds of guests at Bloomers Poetry Club, a monthly DIY traveling reading series made to entertain my friends and help us get through dark PNW winters. On a shoestring budget, with little to no connections in academics, publishing, and the art world, Bloomers is now the fastest growing literary event in the city. We have been at full capacity since the first reading, in which we somehow squeezed 50 people into my old studio apartment on Flanders Street.

My debut chapbook Everything is Something Else: A Theory was self-published in summer 2025. I distributed 60+ copies to readers in six states and two countries. Index Letters, a book of found poetry written in collaboration with Nadia Niva, is coming June 2026. Keep an eye out for future titles, including the Bloomers printed anthology.

We’re proud to be part of a creative collective that includes Path of Play, Film School, Heavenly Pit Chess Club, Listening Club, Graft Union Reading Series, Dreck, and more.

As May Wall Press continues to spread her wings, I’m looking for help! I want venues that can host 80-100 people, print and editorial guidance, and connections with artists and writers in the Portland area. Please get in touch! Email judy@maywallpress.org and let’s wake it up.

Yours forever,
Judy