Good Looking Pomes
Far West Press · March 31, 2026
Good Looking Pomes is a minimalist collection that serves as a spiritual diary of Joseph Matick's life in Paris's 9th Arrondissement. Eschewing abstract metaphors for a "simple and penetrating" directness, the book captures the friction of modern survival through the cycle of "baseball, flowers, and getting money so as not to die." Within its compact pages, Matick elevates the mundane anxieties of labor and the heaviness of monumental loss into a raw form of modern prayer. It is a book of transit—smelling of American dust despite its European origins—that offers a direct mirror to anyone navigating the solitary weight of the twenty-first century.
Press: Mundane Magazine — "Good Fucking Evening: Joseph Matick Seizes New York's Poetry Underground" — David Polonoff, photos Nick Dove. April 2026.
Cherry Wagon
New American Babble
Post Meridiem Seasick Fuzz
Animal My Soul
About Cherry Wagon
Cherry Wagon is a spiritual pilgrimage built for speed. Jack is a young ballet instructor driving warp speed through the night sky in search of his son, Blue.
Fueled by diesel, nicotine and tragedian humility, we navigate the cosmos through his fractured correspondence with "Jane," the only person who "gets it."
What lies ahead on this odyssey are trips down the color spectrum, brief (often comical) meditations on America, and pie.
Cherry Wagon is the lightning quick debut novel by Joseph Matick.
Release Date: September 27, 2022
Format: 4”x7” Paperback
ISBN: 979-8-9858067-2-4
About The Baba Books
New American Babble, Post Meridiem Seasick Fuzz and Animal My Soul present themselves as a fleet of pretty Trojan horses for the age of hypermedia and stimulation. They are poetry, prose, and part ceremonial outcry. There are three.
A frantic frolic through the Bardo. The first vile of contemporary textual medicine for the hyper-stimulated, courtesy of the young poet Joseph Matick.
Release Date: July 7, 2021
Format: 4”x7” Paperback
ISBNs: 978-1-7365388-4-5 | 978-1-7365388-6-9 | ISBN: 978-1-7365388-7-6
Purchase
The books are available everywhere, but the author receives the most compensation directly from the publisher, which in this instance is Far West Press.
Contact Jack
Jack handles most of Joseph's personal and professional affairs and will respond in a timely manner in most instances.
Recent Appearance
Joseph Matick read at Art-Icon's LOVE exhibition during Paris Art Week 2026, alongside Marina Abramovic, Ai Weiwei, ORLAN and Roger Ballen. Read the full account here: Art-Icon LOVE — Paris Art Week 2026.