by Admin | Jan 8, 2020 | New Release, News
Austin, Texas, January 9, 2020- Plain View Press is proud to offer the latest work from Douglas Nordfors, Half-Dreaming: poems, in bookstores everywhere on Jan 10, 2020.
Half-Dreaming uses abstract thought to question, perceive, and come to terms with the concrete world, navigating the complexities of being human. Poems about love, friendship, death, work, politics, the environment, creativity, complex feeling, and perception may start with an inner, abstract spark, and then reach for outer connection. Others start from concrete circumstance, and then let imagination provide answers and healing. In the end, the abstract and concrete become interchangeable.
Seattle native and Virginia resident Nordfors gives each poem a unique feel, changing tone and style to fit the needs of a particular subject, mood, or situation, much like a chameleon. A teacher of writing and literature, Nordfors has also published poetry books Auras (Plain View Press 2008) and The Fate Motif (Plain View Press 2013). Since 1987, he has published poems in numerous journals, including Quarterly West, California Quarterly, Poetry Northwest, The Iowa Review, Poet Lore, The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, The Seattle Review, and The Sycamore Review.
“The poems in Half-Dreaming, … fly like birds around twin flagpoles—the abstract vs. the concrete, the self as stable vs. the self as always in the process of creating itself, what is knowable about the world vs. what is, and always will be, mystery. … Over many years, Nordfors has quietly built a body of work that generously rewards sustained attention.” —Steve Bellin-Oka, author of Instructions for Seeing a Ghost
“Every poem brings a new revelation, you’ll find no artifice or filler here. … It is a deft and elegant book, and, for those who seek refuge in poetry, a welcome reprieve from the political noise.” —Sarah Estes, author of Hive Bone, and Field Work
Copies of Half-Dreaming: poems can be purchased through Amazon, paperback (ISBN: 978-1-63210-070-2) or ebook (ISBN: 978-1-63210-071-9), through retail bookstores, or ordered in quantity from Plain View Press, https://www.plainviewpress.com
View the page listing at Half-Dreaming: poems
by Admin | May 27, 2019 | Announcement, News
The PBS National Memorial Day Concert performed “Vietnam Valor and
Brotherhood”, the story of two soldiers — Brad Kennedy and Ernest “Pete”
Peterson — who formed a brotherhood while serving in the 11th US Cavalry in
Vietnam, a.k.a. the Blackhorse Regiment. The two now meet each year at the
Vietnam Wall to remember those who died.
One of the soldiers, Plain View Press author Brad Kennedy, published
Betrayal: Will Stone in Vietnam (2012). A literary fiction novel, Betrayal examines
honor and loyalty — personal, social, military, and political. The story raises
questions of American foreign policy and military strategy, and goes deeper to
ask, “What price must a man pay to remain moral? Are we all brothers? What is
worth dying for?”
“Vietnam Valor and Brotherhood” was performed by actor Dennis
Haysbert (24, MAJOR LEAGUE) as Pete Peterson, and Joe Mantegna as Brad Kennedy.
Hosted by Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna and Emmy Award-winner Gary Sinise, the
30th annual National Memorial Day Concert was broadcast Sunday, May 26, 2019, and
is available as Video on Demand, May 26 to June 9, 2019.
http://www.pbs.org/national-memorial-day-concert/features/vietnam-valor-brotherhood/
by Admin | Dec 26, 2018 | New Release, News
Released on January 2, 2019. America Abroad is part adventure and part history, told in crisp narrative poems rich in imagery. It can be purchased on Amazon.
With the keen eye of an historian, David Radavich explores America’s complex history of discovery, destruction, and quest for power. A myriad of voices (Ponce de Leon, Uncle Sam, Lady Liberty) convey America’s adventurism with clear-eyed honesty. Visit the Book Gallery for more information on the book.
by Admin | Dec 11, 2018 | New Release, News
My Mother’s Daughter by Rebecca Thaddeus was released on January 1, 2019. It can be purchased on Amazon.
My Mother’s Daughter is a fast-paced, page-turning historical fiction about a mother’s daughters, set in an era of southern plantations and slavery.
—Nancy King, author of Opening Gates and other novels at www.nancykingstories.com
From slavery through abolition and women’s suffrage, Thaddeus’ sweeping story of four generations of mothers and daughters carries the reader away, down the Mississippi River on a keelboat, beneath the tunneling branches of the Natchez Trace, into the shanties and mansions of the old South, into a bygone time that both unsettles and delights.
—Elaine McCullough, Professor Emerita of English, Ferris State University
My Mother’s Daughter follows Eugenia and her family through more than a century of changes in the American South. From Eugenia’s trip from Philadelphia to rural Natchez, to the stories of her children, the plot’s well-drawn characters and experiences of slavery and its aftermath are compelling.
—Maryanne Heidemann, Co-founder (1981-present) of the No-Name Book Club
by Admin | Nov 18, 2018 | New Release, News
Privileged to live on a big estate, Joan loves to commune with nature. With typical teenage dilemmas and school assignments that challenge her thinking, she is immersed in the complex workings of American politics when some parents want to fire her science teacher. This story reminds us that the younger generation are our future problem solvers.
Madeleine Herrmann also published Partita” A Psychological Mystery in 2009 and Isabelle’s Dream in 2012.
Publication Date: 8/24/2018
ISBN: 978-1-63210-038-2
228 pages, $18.95
YA Fiction: Action & Adventure / General
YA Fiction: Coming of Age
YA Fiction: Nature & the Natural World / Environment
by Admin | Nov 18, 2018 | New Release
“Magpies were always there in our English garden, pecking around and singling out particular objects. Beautiful black and white birds with loud calls to each other. That is the way this book was put together.”
— Eileen Berry
This cumulative collection of poetry inspires the mind and imagination with memories and images of people, places, and changes over the years. An inspired geologist who loved the earth and it’s inhabitants, Eileen often spoke of the blackbirds in her garden. Their chatter and happy activity represents the way life builds by memories of tiny events. This book reveals snippits of events of her life.
— Pam Knight, publisher/ writer/ poet
Publication Date: 6/20/2018
ISBN: 978-1-63210-027-6
80 pages, $14.95
Poetry: American General
