Plain View Press
1975-Present

Backlist: Everything We've Done Over the Years!

New Voices Series: 1985-present

The Plain View Press--New Voices Series is a showcase for culturally diverse, new American writers whose talent and vision, in our opinion, is needed in the world. Together these books offer unique insight into the issues and craft at the center of contemporary American literature as we move into the 21st century.

. . . "Feeding the Crow"
Edited by Susan Bright, 256 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-26-0, 1998, $17.95, Front List, Poetry and Short Fiction, TX.
Writers: Robin Britton, Jennifer Cardenas, Lyman Grant, Alyce Guynn, Peggy Lynch, Carlyn Luke Reding, Phillip Stephens, Jill Wiggins.
. . . "Everywhere is Someplace Else, A Literary Anthology"
Edited by Susan Bright and Margo LaGattuta, 256 pgs, ISBN: 1-891386-01-8, 1998, $17.95, Front List, Poetry, Short Fiction, Art, US.
Writers: Susan Bright, Bonnie Buhler-Smith, Valerie Bridgeman Davis, Bradley Earle Hoge, Frances Downing Hunter, Margo LaGattuta, Polly Opsahl, Christine Valentine Reising, Karen Chorkey Renaud, Kalamu ya Salaam, Gail Teachworth.
. . . "Palm Readings, Stories from Southern California"
Edited by Eve La Salle Caram, 144 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-02-3, 1998, $15.95, Front List, Short Fiction, CA.
Writers: Maria Amparo Escandon, Jacqueline Jaffe, Susan Lee, Stel De Leon, Marnell Jameson, Louinn Lota, Anita Santiago.
. . . "Up From the Soles of Our Feet, A Women's Reader"
Edited by Margo LaGattuta, 224 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-98-9, 1997, $17.95, Front List, Poetry and Short Fiction, MI.
Writers: Kristin Palm, Colleen Reader, Susan Paurazas, Denise Thomas, Suzanne Dolan Manji, Nancy J. Henderson, Barbara Shooltz Kendzierski, Stephanie Matthews, Donna Surbak.
. . . "Coming Full Circle,"
Edited by Susan Bright, 116 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-85-6, 1997, $13.95, Front List, Poetry, TX.
Writers: Lana Book, Valerie Bridgeman Davis, Jim Walker, Donna Woodard
. . . "Wind Eyes, A Women's Reader and Writing Source"
Edited by Susan Bright and Margo LaGattuta, 200 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-90-2, 1997, $15.95, Front List, Poetry and Short Fiction, US.
Writers: Ann Louise Williamson, Patricia Alice Albrecht, Naomi Louisa Mountjoy Long, Carol Cullar, Margo LaGattuta, Shanda Hansma Blue, Lyn Coffin, Susan Bright.
. . . "Almost Touching, A Reader for Women and Men"
Edited by Margo LaGattuta, 260, ISBN: 0-911051-84-8, 1997, $17.95, Front List, Poetry and Short Fiction, MI.
Writers: John Milam, Bethany Schryburt, Mike Jones, Linda K. Sienkiewicz, Mary-Jo Lord, Lori Solymosi, Karen Renaud, Anita Page, Linda Angér, David Sabbagh, Polly Opsahl.
. . . "Not Black and White, Inside Words from the Bronx WritersCorps"
Edited by Mary Hebert, 246 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-83-X, 1997, $17.95, Front List, Poetry, Interviews, Fiction, Client Work, NY.
Writers: Steven Sapp, Chris Belden, Ronaldo V. Wilson, Willard Cook, Jennifer Webster, William H. Banks, Paola Corso, Don Gellver, jennifer jazz, Sandra Maria Esteves, Howard Simon, Jesus Papoleto Melendez, Juan Gomez Quiróz, Ana Ramos, Karen Green, Majora Carter, Mary Hebert, Wayne Providence
. . . "Variations on the Ordinary, A Women's Reader"
Edited by Margo LaGattuta, 220 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-81-3, 1996, $17.95, Front List, Poetry and Short Fiction, MI.
Writers: Nancy J. Henderson, Mary Ann Wehler, Aline Soules, Susan Knoppow, Pearl Kastran Ahnen, Gerry Tamm, Sandy Gerling, Vivian DeGain, Nancy Ryan
. . . "Layers"
Edited by Susan Bright, 120 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-75-9, 1995, $14.95, Front List, Poetry, TX.
Writers: Toby Emert, Cynthia Taylor Edwards, Cindy Huyser, David Meischen, John Smolinski
. . . "how many moons"
Edited by Susan Bright, 120 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-61-9, 1992, $25, Back List, Poetry, Short Fiction, TX.
Writers: Mary Esther Frederick, Elaine O'Brien, Cynthia J. Harper, Pamela Rutherford, Hazel Ward
. . . "Four Shields of Power"
Edited by Susan Bright, 88 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-43-0, 1988, $25, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Writers: Betty S. Flowers, Peggy Kelley, Lynn D. Gilbert, Elaine P. Sullander
. . . "Sentences"
Edited by Susan Bright, 68 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-36-8, 1986, $25, Back List, Poetry and Short Fiction, TX.
Writers: Suzanne Butterfield, Nancy Taylor Day, Robin L. Milner
. . . "Make Time for This"
Edited by Susan Bright, 68 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-23-6, 1985, $25, Back List, Poetry and Short Fiction, TX.

Individual Author Titles

Birkelbach, Alan
"Weighed in the Balances," Winner, 1998 National Association of State Poetry Societies Stephens Manuscript Award, 68 pgs, ISBN: 1-891386-03-4, 1998, $11.95, Front List, Poetry, TX.
Follett, CB
"Visible Bones," 134 pgs, ISBN: 1-891386-00-X, 1998, $14.95, Front List, Poetry, CA.
Bright, Susan
"Next to the Last Word," 152 pgs, ISBN: 1-892386-04-2, 1998, $14.95, Front List, Poetry, TX.
Rubin, Gay
"On a Good Day," 124 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-96-1, 1998, Front List, Short Fiction, MI.
Mitzi Alvin
"Evidence to the Contrary," 80 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-97-X, 1998, Front List, Poetry, MI.
Jacque, Sally
"64 Beds," 64 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-82-1, 1997, $12.95, Back List, Public Art Project, US.
Littleton, Sue
"Ranch on the Pecos," 104 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-88-0, $12.95, 1997, Front List, Poetry, TX.
Ward, Linda
"Choosing: A Novel for Teenage Girls," 176 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-92-9, 1997, $11.95, Front List, Youth Fiction, CA.
Wehler, Mary Ann
"Walking Through Deep Snow," 104 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-91-0, 1997, $13.95, Front List, Poetry, MI.
Andersdatter, Karla
"Wild Onions," 320 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-89-9, 1996, $17.95, Back List, Fiction, CA.
Biderman, Stan
"Everything Changes: A Spiritual Journey," 120 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-87-2, 1996, $14.95, Front List, Poetry (Holocaust), TX.
Bright, Susan
"House of the Mother," Austin Book Award, 136 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-79-1, 1995, $13.95, Front List, Poetry and Antique Photographs, TX.
Swanberg, Christine
"The Tenderness of Memory," 92 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-78-3, 1995, $14.95, Front List, Poetry, MI.
Andersdatter, Karla
"Broken String," 134 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-63-5, 1994, $14.95, Back List, Poetry, CA.
Williamson, Ann
"Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right," 88 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-80-5, 1994, $13.95, Front List, Poetry, MI.
Kruger, Fania ( 1892-1977)
"All Seeds Blended," Edited by Bert Kruger Smith, 88 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-77-5, 1994, $13.95, Front List, Poetry, TX. Posthumous edition published in conjunction with opening of Kruger papers at HRC, Rare Book Library, University of Texas at Austin.
LaGattuta, Margo
"Embracing the Fall," 84 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-71-6, 1994, $12.95, Front List, Poetry, MI.
Grue, Lee Meitzen
"Goodbye Silver, Silver Cloud," 140 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-72-4, 1993, $14.95, Short Fiction, LA.
Frederick, Mary Esther (1930-1995)
"Some Mothers Don't Come in Pastel," Austin Book Award, 1993, ISBN: 0-911051-65-1, $25, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Ciscel, Dennis
"Patting the Air," 100 pgs, 1993, ISBN: 0-911051-68-6, 1993, $13.95, Front List, Poetry, TX.
Caram, Eve LaSalle
"Wintershine," 100 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-74-0, 1993, $12.95, Front List, Fiction, CA.
Crum, Gladys Worden
"Reflections from a Western Window," 80 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-73-2, 1991, $14.95, Historical Essays and Line Drawings, CA.
Bright, Susan
"Tirades and Evidence of Grace," Austin Book Award, Violet Crown Award, 164 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-58-9, 1991, $12.95, Front List, Poetry, TX. (Cassette Tape, $8.95. )
Shwayder, Sandra
"The Nun," 1323 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-60-0, 1991, $25, Back List, Fiction, CO.
Caram, Eve LaSalle
"Dear Corpus Christi," 146 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-59-7, 1991, $12.95, Front List, Fiction, CA.
Ciscel, Dennis
"Tiny Stories," 64 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-62-7, 1991, $12.95, Front List, Poetry, TX.
Bright, Susan
"Bunny," 62 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-53-8, 1990, $12.95, Front List, Poetry, TX.
Grue, Lee Meitzen
"In the Sweet Balance of the Flesh," Publication Grant, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, 84 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-55-4, 1990, $12.95, Front List, Poetry, LA.
Flowers, Betty Sue
"Extending the Shade," 84 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-51-1, 1990, $12.95, Front List, Poetry, TX.
Andersdatter, Karla
"The Doorway," 280 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-50-3, 1990, 1991, $17.95, Back List, Fiction, CA.
Dachtler, Doc
"Waiting for Chains at Pearls," 92 pgs, 1990, ISBN: 0-911051-52-X, $12.95, Front List, Poetry, CA.
White, Brenda Black
"Callahan County," 1988, 72 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-47-3, $12.95, Front List, Poetry, TX.
Armington, Rich
"You and Me and Pea," 88 pgs, 1988, ISBN: 0-911051-66-X, $25, Back List, Children's Stories, TX.
Bryant, Marcella
"Ancient Child: Poetry About Incest," 94 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-49-X, 1987, $12.95, Front List, Poetry, TX>
Andersdatter, Karla
"Naked in the Garden," 220 pgs, 1987, ISBN: 0-911051-46-5, $14.95, Front List, Poetry, CA.
Suarez, Kiki
"How Many Monsters," 40 pgs, 1987, ISBN: 0-911051-45-7, $25, Back List, Children's Stories, Mexico.
Day, Nancy Taylor
"Represa," Austin Book Award, 1987, 80 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-44-9, $12.95, Front List, Short Fiction, TX.
Bright, Susan
"Far Side of the Word," Austin Book Award, 1986, 64 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-35-X, $25, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Hillman, Grady
"Razor Wire," Austin Book Award, 1986, 64 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-37-6, $25 Back List, Poetry, TX.
Sikes, Carole
"Fairy Tales Are Real," 58 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-38-4, $25, Back List, Myth, TX.
Gold, Heloise
"Watching From the ShePalace," 24 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-29-5, 1986, Back List, $50, Choreopoem, TX.
Martinson, Sue Ann
"Changing Woman," 58 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051, 1985, $25, Back List, Poetry, MN.
Lauren
"There's a Rainbow in the Moon," 84 pgs, Spiral with handsewn covers, ISBN: 0-911051-23-6, 1985, $50, Back List, Cartoons, TX.
Russell, Dana
"The Pughs of Bayou Lafouche," 136 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-25-2, 1985, $25, Back List, History. LA.
Weaver, Mary Jane (1855-1942)
"Unbroken Circle," Edited by Robison, E. Jane and Jeri Robison-Turner, 1985, 112 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-28-7, $25, Back List, Oral History, TX.
Andersdatter, Karla
"The Girl Who Struggled With Death," 104 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-14-7, 1984, $25, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Givens, Bettye
"Red Headed Tree," 54 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-22-8, 1984, $25, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Russell, Mary Flower Pugh
"Growing up in Louisiana," 88 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-13-9, 1983, $25, Back List, Autobiography, LA.
Jacque, Sally
"Journey," 32 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-21-X, 1982, $25, Back List, Journal, UK.
Bright, William
"Avocations," 120 pgs, ISBN: l0-911051-12-0, 1983, $25, Back List, Poetry, CA.
Bright, Susan
"Eulogy for the ERA," Hand-made, 4 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-06-6, 1982, $15, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Bright, Susan
"Imago," Hand-made, 16 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-05-8, 1981, $15, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Bright, Susan
"Pewter Wheel," Hand-made, 16 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-51-04-X, 1982. $15, Video, $100, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Andersdatter, Karla
"The Rising of the Flesh," 94 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-00-7, 1981, $25, Back List, Poetry and Line Art, CA.
Bright, Susan
"Colors," Folio, 20 colored sheets. ISBN: 09-911051-34-1, 1979. $150. BackList, Poetry and Watercolor Art, TX.
Wilson, Burton
"Burton's Book of the Blues," for music collectors, (purchased rights from Edentata Press), 1975. $50. Back List, Photographs, TX.
Andrews, John
"Broken Song: A Video Anthology of Readings at the Grok Book Store in Austin, Texas." 1974-75, $250, Back List, Poetry, TX.


Foundation Series: 1996-present

The Plain View Press Foundation Series originated in collaboration with the Foundation for a Compassionate Society and continues in collaboration with the Institute for a Gift Economy. These books present the theoretical vision and activism which has emerged from the World Women's Movement at the end of the 20th century.
Vaughan, Genevieve
"Forgiving, A Feminist Criticism of Exchange," 432 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-94-5, 1997, $17.50, Front List, World Feminist Theory.
Davis, Angela; Jiménez, Maria; Steinem, Gloria; Trask, Miliani
"Feminist Family Values Forum," Edited by Susan Bright, 132 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-84-4, 1996, $15.95, Front List, Conference Proceedings, US.
. . . "Nobody Can Imagine Our Longing"
Edited by Yana Mintoff Bland, 136 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-93-7, 1996, $13.95, Front List, Proceedings of Conference of Association of Women of the Mediterranean Region, International.
. . . "In Search of Peace"
Edited by Yana Mintoff Bland, 148 pgs, ISBN: 1-891386-01-8, 1998, $13.95, Front List, Proceedings of Conference of Association of Women of the Mediterranean Region, International.

Fastbook Series, 1984-1988

(Four single poet, hand-made books per year for subscribers to the series. New writers (US and England) and mentor writer/editors: Susan Bright and Karla Andersdatter.
Andersdatter, Karla
"To a Chinese Girl Singing," 40 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-08-2, Fastbook Series, 1984, $25. Back List, Poetry, CA.
Sanfield, Steve
"Old Man," 36 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-09-0, Fastbook Series, 1984, $25, Back List, Poetry, CA.
Bright, Susan
"Altar," 24 pgs, ISBN: 911051-13-9, Fastbook Series, 1984, $25, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Donahoe, Mary
"You are Mountain," 24 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-11-2, Fastbook Series, 1984,$25, Back List, Poetry, OR.
Lee, Susan
"You said what is this for, this interest in goddesses, prehistoric religions," 16 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-17-1, Fastbook Series, 1985, $25, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Andersdatter, Karla
"Anazazi Woman," 20 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-19-8, Fastbook Series, 1985, $25, Back List, Myth, CA.
Bright, Susan
"Swimming the English Channel," 20 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-18-X, Fastbook Series, 1985, $25, Back List, Poetry, TX.
McFann, Cathy
"Nuclear Meditations," 20 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-16-3, Fastbook Series, 1986, $25, Back List, Poetry, CA.
Dunn, Patricia Apple
"Easter is a very trying time for me because I always want to eat the lilies," 24 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-30-9, Fastbook Series, 1986, $25, Back List, Poetry, CA.
Huffstickler, Albert
"Wanda," 24 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-31-7, Fastbook Series, 1986, $25, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Bright, Susan
"Shattered Glass," 20 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-32-5, Fastbook Series, 1986, $25, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Bright, Susan
"Calico Passages," 28 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-03-1, Fastbook Series, 1988, $15, Back List, Poetry, TX.
Mortimer, Peter
"The Magic Castle," 28 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-40-6, Fastbook Series, 1988, $15, Back List, Poetry, UK.
Andersdatter, Karla
"The Woman Who Was Wild," 20 pgs, ISBN: 0-911051-42-2, Fastbook Series, 1988, $15, Back List, Myth, CA.

Women's Way, 1988-1998

Women's Way was program guide for a regional Women's Cultural Festival held in March in Central Texas in as many as 40 locations per year in Central Texas. A tabloid format (16-24 pg) "newspaper," each issue featured articles, resources and events. Plain View Press coordinated the festivals and produced and published the annual newspapers.
. . . "Woman's Way, 1988"
Edited by Susan Bright, "International Women's Day"
. . . "Women's Way, 1989,"
Edited by Susan Bright, "Women and the Arts"
. . . "Women's Way, 1990"
Edited by Susan Bright, "Women's History Month"
. . . "Women's Way, 1991"
Edited by Susan Bright, "Activism"
. . . "Women's Way, 1992"
Edited by Susan Bright, "Peace"
. . . "Women'sWay, 1993"
Edited by Susan Bright, "Education"
. . . "Women's Way,. 1994"
Edited by Susan Bright, "Celebrating the Cycles"
. . . "Women's Way, 1995"
Edited by Susan Bright, "Mother Politics: The Paradigm Shift"
. . . "Women's Way, 1996"
Edited by Susan Bright, "Collaboration"
. . . "Women's Way, 1997"
Edited by Susan Bright, "The Compassionate Society: Theory and Practice"