by Admin | Nov 18, 2018 | New Release
I have the privileged of reading yet another amazing work by Matthew Abuelo! Midnight Carousel will take you on a colorful, yet deep, deep as a midnight sky, ride. The ever turning spiral of emotions are filled in every line, stanza and verse as you are brought high and then downward again. The love of a city that is wrapped up in the arms of an old lover, that is slowly deteriorating around some while flourishing around newfound mistresses of whose sole purpose is to dine on the fatted-calf. Matthew paints a glorious picture with words as he shows the side of the “city that never sleeps” that very few and only those true professionals who keep the midnight oil burning long after midnight ever see. I highly recommend reading Midnight Carousel and following this profound writer. I look forward to interviewing him again very soon.”
—Mary E. Rapier, aka Art Sees Diner
Publication Date: 5/22/2018
ISBN: 978-1-63210-035-1
138 pages, $16.95
Literary Collections : American – General
Poetry : American – General
Fiction : Political
by Admin | Nov 18, 2018 | New Release
Plain View Press announces the release of The Dove Shall Fly by Judith Austin Mills. A sequel to Bones at Goliad, this is the third novel in the Texas Revolution novel series by this author. The initial book in the series is How Far Tomorrow: Remembering the Georgia Battalion in Texas
“A sprawling novel focuses on the burgeoning revolution in 19th-century
Texas. …a substantial piece of thoughtful historical fiction.”
—Kirkus Reviews
In the Texas Revolution of 1836, fighters and those fleeing after the Alamo and Goliad brace for a last clash. Born in Mexico’s San Antonio, Captain Juan Seguin risks all in championing the break-away republic. Private James Trezevant, one of few Georgia Battalion survivors, makes his way toward the attack at San Jacinto. The Harper women scramble for the safety of the American border. Yarico and anyone else identified as a slave stay wary during calls for “liberty or death.”
Publication Date: 05/17/2018
ISBN: 978-1-63210-013-9
344 pages, $21.95
Fiction : Historical – General
Fiction : War & Military
Fiction : Cultural Heritage
by Admin | Nov 18, 2018 | Announcement
Originally published in 2009 as a hardback book, this compelling historical memoir of a holocaust survivor is now available in paperback and ebook formats.
Months after World War II officially ends, a 15-year-old boy still hides in a potato field. The horror of the Holocaust is followed by the horror of survival. The question “Why me?” haunts survivors for the rest of our lives. For some of us, life is only possible under the anesthesia of silence. After 63 years, Leon Rubinstein has broken his silence with this book. As I Am Presently Known is a remarkable story of life’s victory over death and about one generation passing the torch to another.
Marian Marzynski, Holocaust survivor, documentary filmmaker and author of acclaimed film Shtetl
Publication Date: 05/04/2018
ISBN: 978-0-911051-03-2
208 pages, $22.95
Nonfiction: Historical Memoir
by Admin | Nov 18, 2018 | New Release
Shells, ears, damaged mirrors—the images in Karolyn Redoute’s powerful new book, Whispers from the Aural World—conjure a mysterious emotional landscape that is as real as the lost city of Detroit where she grew up, and as heartbreaking as the silence between parents and children or, later on, between lovers. Redoute makes us feel that there’s hope, that through the discipline of poetry we can force the shards of broken glass into focus and find our whole reflections again.
— Maura Stanton, author of Immortal Sofa
Prophecy and memory exist on the same plane in Whispers from the Aural World by Karolyn Redoute. Children pause in the space between hours, a father drives a house like a car, and a staircase patiently anticipates turning into a story. With homegrown mysticism, Redoute discovers magic in the corners of rooms and in the corners of the mind, building a delicate bridge across childhood loss and wonder to an adult understanding of identity.
— James Cihlar, author of The Shadowgraph
Publication Date: 4/30/2018
ISBN: 978-1-63210-034-4/
80 pages, $14.95
Poetry : American – General
Body, Mind & Spirit / Mindfulness & Meditation
by Admin | Nov 18, 2018 | New Release
Bob Pfieffer’s second poetry collection dares us to be “good to one another,” to be “serious about experience,” and “to enjoy / the smallest fragments of life.” It’s a book about fatherhood, citizenship, and—first and foremost—love.
— James Davis May, author of Unquiet Things
Unquestionably the poems of this book express empathy at every turn: for past girlfriends, polar bears, animals struck by cars, tsunami victims, a mother diagnosed with cancer, a girlfriend become wife, a baby daughter…Underpinning the voice of this emotionally rich book is a belief in our shared humanity and the ultimate hope for redemption through love.
— Beth Gylys, author of Sky Blue Enough to Drink
Publication Date: 3/5/2018
ISBN: 978-1-63210-029-0
98 pages, $14.95
Poetry: American General
Politics & Social Sciences > Philosophy > Political
Parenting & Relationships
by Admin | Nov 18, 2018 | New Release
Opening a copy of Body Work is like lifting the lid of a jewelry box to discover each gemstone carefully carved, polished, and sparkling. These poems resonate with intelligence, authenticity, delicious irony, concise and biting images, and deep empathy. The work in this insightful and unforgettable collection rank as Stephanie K. Cohen’s finest. And there’s not a faux jewel among them.
— Pat Carr, author of The Death of a Confederate Colonel, and winner of the Iowa Fiction Award, Southwest Fiction Award, Library of Congress Marc IV Award, the Porter Fiction Prize, and others
Publication Date: 3/3/2018
ISBN: 978-1-63210-033-7
128 pages, $16.95
Poetry: American General
Self Help: Relationships: Family and Friends
Religion and Spirituality: New Age & Spirituality
by Admin | Nov 18, 2018 | New Release
Ute Carson’s first volume of poetry, Just A Few Feathers was published by PlainView Press in 2011. She also published a novella, Save the Last Kiss, with Plain View Press in 2016.
What a remarkable, sweeping collection from writer Ute Carson! This inspired arrangement of poetry, conveys the richness and poignancy of every life stage. Drawing from remarkable experience and striking particulars, she ultimately conveys the light of gratitude–“the clearing you spy / beyond a forest thicket.” The poems are love songs to family and life itself, cyclical loss answered always by powerful renewal.
—Judith Austin Mills, author of Accidental Joy, a Streak of Poetry and the Texas Revolution Trilogy
Publication Date: 3/1//2018
ISBN: 978-1-63210-032-0
98 pages, $14.95
Poetry: American General
Health, Fitness, Dieting: Aging
Self Help: Relationships: Friendship and Family
by Admin | Nov 15, 2008 | Announcement, New Release, News
The Other Sister is American story that is a tribute to Hungarian immigrant women and their families, who arrived in America during the early 20th century. At 478 print pages, the ebook is a more affordable alternative. The novel can now be purchased as a print or ebook on Amazon.
The Other Sister is a passionate, startling and, wonderfully readable novel about generations of an immigrant family during the first half of the twentieth century. Its momentum shimmers with the presence and evanescence of life’s everyday and extraordinary moments. While Patricia Valdata illuminates the ways that history affects individual lives, the real star of the story is the individual. Brimming with unforgettable characters, The Other Sister is to be treasured.
— Kate Evans, author of Like All We Love and For the May Queen
