Inklings of diameterpress emerged in 2020, when jj’s first chapbook was developed, combining his poetry with Jim Denne’s visual art. As two more chapbooks were created and published in the following years, the vision of all these poems in the full “book with a spine” came into clearer focus. To bring it to life, we established diameterpress in 2026, and promptly published the i/you axis.
Our goal is to create beauty worth stopping for – wherever it may be found – in words, images, music, and more, and to share it with you.
You can contact us at diameterpress@gmail.com
Denise Ahlquist, Managing Director
Jim Denne, Artistic Director
JJ Patton, Editorial Director
poetry & visual art
Enjoy words and images in dialogue
jj patton
Born near Pittsburgh, PA, and living now in Chicago, jj patton has been writing poetry for decades. He thinks he may slowly be getting better at it.
Jim Denne
Jim’s paintings and prints range from landscapes to abstracts to custom work.
“to contain all in an image of just enough”
jj patton
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