About

Virgogray Press (Est. 2004)

Virgogray Press is an independent publisher operating out of Texas. Virgogray follows D.I.Y. ethics to accomplish its goals, and is using this along with other grassroots efforts to crawl up the collective suits of corporate America. Virgogray Press is a proud publisher of chapbooks, and produces primarily poetry and sees the chapbook as a tool and vehicle for the independent voice: one with truth, passion and creativity at its root. Readers, writers and artists have access to chapbook collections, anthologies and periodicals to share and be a part of.

We publish and promote the spoken and written word. We support artists, poets and creative types who work from genuine places. We value above all else, freedom of speech, but do not publish hateful or pornographic material. We’re interested in poetry, poets and writers from all walks of life; art and artists, individuals who not only think outside the box, but destroy the box and create their own foundation; those who see the folds of reality that we often forget in our daily, consuming lives; and desire the growth of expressionism as a means to supplement the brain food we don’t always have a chance to eat.

Virgogray Press is owned and operated by Michael Aaron Casares. In 2004, Michael published the chapbook NOvember 2nd under the pseudonym, Jacob Gray. The chapbook included an audio CD of poetry and sound. NOvember 2nd was followed by Sad Height in 2005, an 80 page collection also published under the pseudonym, Jacob Gray. In 2006, Virgogray Press released Limbo by Michael Aaron Casares. 2008 saw the release of poet Chris D’Errico in his collection entitled, “Vegas Implosions.” Since that time, Virgogray Press has produced over 30 publications, including the Carcinogenic Poetry print anthology, a collection that brings together the work of writers who appear, in our publication’s first year,  on our internet blog.

Virgogray is interested in expanding its operations, and shall begin publishing full collections of poetry and literature soon, as well as expanding its warehousing and distribution, and podcast/radio programming.

  • RSS Carcinogenic Poetry

    • Dr. Yogesh Sharma - Two Poems February 23, 2012
      Death -A New BeginningO! Death don’t scare your children,One may doubt the existence of god,But can’t doubt your reality,Omnipresent death is always with me,But I don’t fear the mightiest of all.There is a mysterious door,But where are the keys, nobody knows;Looking impatiently and praying to God,Life keeps on moving and without stop,Age keeps on running and […]
    • Peter Marra - One Poem February 19, 2012
      Elected to the Needlesa room.scene 2.bare.light bulb.the females rest boneless in the boudoir.sound of nails scraping the labeloff of a methadone bottlewhite soiled plasticpale stained digitsfluid orange somewhat palebare.style of forgetting wanting to get thereunblinkingblack felineno opinionsurveyingfood swallowed without incidentvomited back upwithout pai […]

  • RSS The Occupy Poetry Project

    • Public Health Proposal by Anne McCrady
      Public Health Proposal What if it was in the water? Hope, I mean--added like fluoridefor our health! It would be pouredinto baby bottles,mixed with formula,so that at an early ageit would become a part of us,stored in our cellsfor later. In schools,it would flowfrom the water fountains--leading teachers to trust studentsto never give up! We would bathe in it […]
    • Sound Byte System by David S. Pointer
      Sound Byte SystemNot more atomic age ink penejaculations from anotheranti-war poem, but Iraq hasfour million war widows, postannihilation nucleosynthesisnot to be found in the sands,and some are forced by sexslavery kidnappings as thenightly news bureaus installnew truth filtration systemssoftware for their computerscell phones, and satellitesDavid S. Pointe […]

  • RSS Nothing. No One. Nowhere.

    • Guest Editors Wanted, Apply Within
      We are seeking guest editors for our publication Nothing. No One. Nowhere. The job of the editor will be to receive submissions, read, select, and send to the editor-in-chief for review and formatting for publication. There is no pay for this position, however, the editor in question shall receive a contributor's copy. The length of editorship shall be […]
    • Call for Submissions
    • Updates for Issue 3
      Good day,Things are warming up nicely for the third issue of Nothing. No One. Nowhere. That means, if you want to catch the gravy train you must send uspoetry - flash fiction - prose - reviews - articles - photos - drawings -and include a bio and mailing address.The details are located on our submissions page.Click the submissions tab.Thank you.