License to Carry a Gun: Poems

Literature & Fiction

CODRESCU, Andrei

History & Criticism

Big Table Publishing Company

Proposals for Monuments and Buildings, 1965-69

Claes Oldenburg

The Young American Poets

Carroll, Paul (editor)

The only guide on the market for those months or years between your first draft and your last.

The Revision Process

Reference

Stratton, Robin

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

“A Slight Case of Guilt is a beautifully-written novel that captures the spirit, atmosphere and characters of Dijon, France in the early 1970s after the kidnapping of a young French boy who is heir to an age-old noble family. From mouth-watering baguettes and local bakeries to the families, police, lawyers and politicians behind the scenes, author Thomas R. Bransten elegantly portrays the heartbreaking drama through the eyes of journalist Lincoln Goldstone who leads the reader through an enticing and memorable story laced with style, wit, and cynicism." ~ Steven Caplan, Welcome Home, Sir “In A Slight Case of Guilt Thomas Bransten brilliantly describes his characters, no matter how briefly their appearance, in such rich, almost poetic tones, that you feel as if you’d recognize them on the street. He’s a superb word painter whose every scene is like a period tapestry hanging in a museum; masterfully-wrought suspense is woven with subplots that sparkle and stab with insight. Whoever writes the inevitable screenplay for A Slight Case of Guilt should have an easy time of creating a blockbuster movie. Haunting and powerful, and at times sadly comical, this is an absolutely compelling must read!”  ~ Merle P. Martin, Nomad’s Chant "With polished prose and a deft writer's eye, Thomas Bransten sweeps readers up and drops them into 1970s Dijon, where the kidnapping of six-year old Christophe Ville de Coutray is just the beginning of a complex and beautifully-woven plot that explores the still-unresolved issues of the German occupation during World War II and French collaboration. A great read that's suspenseful, gripping and compelling." ~ Alex Keto, The Rainbird War

A Slight Case of Guilt

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Bransten, Thomas R.

Mystery

“Alex Keto is a wordsmith extraordinaire who creates a moving spectacle of human drama set against the backdrop of rebellion in colonial Kenya. His masterful control of language is just as evocative as it is visceral in the breadth and scope in the imagery of the setting and how it impacts the main characters—which immediately reminds one of Hemingway’s Kilimanjaro or Forster’s India. Keto’s story grabs you from the opening hunt sequence and does not let you go until the very last sentence; only then can you finally catch your breath at having lived through this amazing literary journey. The Rainbird War is a brilliant and powerful literary tour de force.” ~ Jeffrey Miller, War Remains and Ice Cream Headache “The Rainbird War is one of those books that has it all - danger, romance, war, politics and betrayal. But at its core, it’s the story of a loss of innocence on an epic scale. The Rainbird War captures a foreign land in upheaval vividly and pulls the reader through the harrowing and lush world it portrays. “ ~ Colin Dodds, The Last Bad Job “In the midst of a wildly haunting adventure, Alex Keto's lyrical, sincere prose weaves powerful conflict, painterly observation, and tender understanding into a compelling storyline – truly a pleasure to read.” - Jim Davis, North Chicago Review

The Rainbird War

Keto, Alex

Genre Fiction

"Who will claim the kingdom of exit ramps and cloverleafs / on the hillsides of I-89, these realms of birch and pine / rippling in mountain wind on a spring day, domains of quiet / forgetfulness, places ravaged and recovered...?" Of course the answer is patent: Neil Shepard will claim that kingdom. We might charge him with asking a purely rhetorical question, but that the very rhetoric that follows proves so fine, the intimate knowledge it reflects so cogent, and the vision it bears so unusual, that such a charge immediately nullifies itself. We've long known this poet for his mastery of language, but in this extraordinarily inventive collection he shows himself a master too of both accuracy and invention. Dear reader, you will never again pass an exit ramp in Vermont or elsewhere as once you did." ~ Sydney Lea, Vermont Poet Laureate Six Sundays Toward a Seventh: Selected Spiritual Poems and Young of the Year "Neil Shepard's Vermont Exit Ramps is as refreshing a sequence of poems as I've read in many a year. Not only has he discovered rich and previously unexamined material in the much-written-about Vermont landscape, he's also used unlikely poetic methods that make this a one-of-a-kind book and a virtuoso performance. He's even refurbished Pound's old advice to Make it new." ~ David Huddle, Glory River and Black Snake at the Family Reunion "Set on the I-89 and I-91 exit ramps in Vermont, these poems explore the lyric potential of this liminal space between town and highway, "this place no one claims" that turns out to be an ideal locus for assessing the many claims humans do make on their world. Like any iconic American road trip, these poems are about opening all of the senses to where the road (or the thought) might lead and arriving where you could never have imagined you were headed. Shepard's inventive nonce form attunes us to language and nuance and insures his journey will have the full measure of serendipity a road trip demands." ~ Christine Gelineau, Appetite for the Divine and Remorseless Loyalty

Vermont Exit Ramps

Travel

Neil Shepard

Months after forming a writers group, four women from very different backgrounds found themselves unexpectedly writing about their mothers. In the process, not only did their understanding of one another deepen, but their perceptions of their mothers were transformed. With humor, tenderness, pain, and sorrow, Still Here Thinking of You taps into that universal pulse that never stops beating: the bond between mother and daughter.

Still Here Thinking of You: A Second Chance with our Mothers

Potter, Joan

Hodara, Susan

Addesso, Vicki

Toppel, Lori

Parenting & Relationships

“With a gift of story, a sense of how people talk, an eye for detail, Peterson is on a never-ending search for what makes us human, each poem offering a kind of truth, sometimes deadly, while reminding us of poetry’s healing power. Read them”.  ~ Myra McLarey, The Last Will and Testament of Rosetta Sugars Tramble “Brady Peterson pulls off a nifty conjurer's trick, allowing us a glimpse into memories one after another until they crystallize into a fully formed experience, smoothing the edges of nostalgia and loss that define the jagged shards of the past that splinter the reader's heart. Each poem a bagatelle of exquisitely rendered detail, the morsels nourish like a meal of tapas, a feast of textures.” ~ Christopher Reilley, poet laureate of Dedham, MA and author of Grief Tattoos “In Brady Peterson’s deeply evocative poems, myth meets memory as the poet revisits key moments in an otherwise ordinary life and sets them in the context of eternity. Such moments are connected by the most fragile of membranes, the thin line that divides past from present, dream from reality, who we once were from whom we’ve become. Each poem moves us, step by step, station by station–and through the spaces in between–along the journey towards joy the searching soul seeks. Between Stations is where life happens. What luck to find a poet brave enough to take us there.” ~ Angela Alaimo O’Donnell, Saint Sinatra & Other Poems “Brady Peterson has a lovely lyricism that pervades these 67 poems with a joyful playfulness on the serious business of compassion.”  ~ Cleatus Rattan, Texas poet laureate and author of The Border

Between Stations

Peterson, Brady

Short Stories & Anthologies

Cassie hasn't told anyone about her crush on her boss Dr. Jack Miller. What's the point? Not only is he dating the fabulously breast-implanted Dr. Renee Temple, but he's consumed by his search to find the cure for the rare disease that killed his wife and is killing his son. But then an amazing opportunity presents itself, and suddenly she has it all - the identification of the deadly gene mutation, a huge government grant to do more research, fame, and romance. Unfortunately, it involved participating in one of the greatest frauds in the history of biomedical science... but is something wrong if you do it for the right reason? ********* "In His Genes is intelligent, edgy and captivating. Stratton fluidly lights our fire with heartbreak and a confluence of mysteries that mesmerize us throughout, from the rabid fugitive genes that run rampant within us to the rabid human desire for power at the expense of truth." Meg Tuite, Domestic Apparition ******** "As a scientist, I was riveted to In His Genes; as an author, I admired how this novel has it all: a disease so realistic that it had me scouring the scientific literature to see if it exists, a frantic race to find a cure, a modest and likeable heroine-scientist who faces an overwhelming ethical conundrum, and the appearance of a mysterious savior on the scene. In all, a wonderfully written and extremely interesting novel that will undoubtedly captivate lovers of science and literature alike." Dr. Steven Caplan, Matter over Mind and Welcome Home, Sir ******** "With exceptional skill and acuity, In His Genes illustrates the distinction between seeming and meaning in outer and inner human landscapes. A very fine read." Zack Kopp, Sorehead ******* How many times have you wished someone would hold the solution to your problems? The novel, In His Genes, by Robin Stratton, grants this wish to protagonist Cassie, from an unexpected source. Suddenly Cassie's world isn't peaceful as she thought, it's a prolific stream of causes and effects that attempt to undo Cassie and everyone she loves. Romantic, mysterious, and suspenseful, Stratton's book speaks a resounding sentence from the mysterious Palmer, you can only know yourself to be magnificent after you have experienced being not magnificent. The reader will ask, "Do I want to be magnificent?" again and again while reading. After the last page of In His Genes has been turned, it's a question that must be decided. Elizabeth Szewczyk, This Becoming

In His Genes

Women's Fiction

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Big Table Publishing Company publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Big Table Publishing Company