Paula Hocks (1916–2003) thought of her handmade books as miniature galleries to be held in the hand. Each page was a canvas to which she applied her photographs, collage work and writings, typed or handwritten. She established her Running Women Press in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1978, beginning with a series of books based on her sculptural studies called Heads & Bodies. Over the following 25 years until her passing in 2003, Hocks was prolific, passionately creating artist books and small book editions she either stitched and fashioned bindings for, or had them bound by professional bookbinders. Her books are in numerous book are collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, the UCLA Jean Brown Collection, and special collections at the University of Iowa.