All photos by Arch Jones (used with permission)

The Cacti Fur Collective is an elite force of poets who were recently gathered in a Grandma Moses Press publication. In early April of 2026 they went on a 2 city New Mexican tour, first in Las Cruces and then a week later in Silver City. Here’s some pictures from the Las Cruces event:

from left to right: Susan Melinda Morée, Heather Frankland and Alexis Montoya (our 2026 Grandma Moses Press Intern)

Heather Frankland

Beate Sigriddaughter

Elise Stuart and Grandma Moses Press founder Tim Staley

Alexis Montoya and Heather Frankland

The CACTI FUR COLLECTIVE listening to Elise Stuart

poets signing the new CACTI FUR COLLECTIVE Volume 1 split at the end

Event organizer and series curator Tim Staley giving closing remarks.

All photos herein by Arch Jones (used with permission)

There were no photographs taken a week later in Silver City at the reading there. The event was just too magical for me to want and touch my phone (besides, we had no Arch Jones in Silver). Sometimes poetry is just too sick or the moment simply too sublime to be interrupted with the grabbing of a phone.

Grandma Moses Press is actively working on Cacti Fur Collective Volume 2 which should be released by late Summer 2026.