Alamo Bay Press

10/03/2024

Ricardo Tane Ward-Ramirez | Broken to Mend

I become not incomplete, but remade
Not missing nor seeking
Not still yet an anchor for movement



https://tinyurl.com/3t9frn9x

10/01/2024

Audrey Slate | Forty Years at Paisano

“Audrey book, then, is a voice celebrating a special place for dreaming writers and an important piece of Texas history.”



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09/26/2024

"Yet I feel obliged somehow to tell the truth."

Ken Fontenot | For Mr. Raindrinker

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09/24/2024

Some days contain a world
We are given what we need

Laura Quinn Guidry / Between Two Gardens



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09/24/2024

Alamo Bay Press enthusiastically welcomes their new ABP Advisory Board members Dr. Barbara Lewis, Stephanie Moore, and Kathryn Millan!

Barbara Williams Lewis, PhD is an author and a poet. She earned her doctorate degree from University of Southern California after receiving the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for
Minorites and USC’s All University Fellowship. Lewis has taught courses at USC, University of Oregon at Eugene, California State University at Northridge, Los Angeles City College, and The
University of Texas at Austin. She is currently Professor of English at Austin Community College in Round Rock, Texas.
Dr. Lewis has won numerous awards for her academic achievements. She has been mentored by Dr. Ronald Gottesman, Carol Muske Dukes and T. C. Boyle. Her memoir, Sherrod Village, chronicles the struggles she endured and the obstacles she overcame in her pursuits of an education. She lives in Del Valle, Texas.

Stephanie Moore is Co-founder and lead designer behind Gemini Crown Tech and a board member of Zupalove International. Her experience in film includes script and film development, budgeting, festival consulting, live events and film. She produced live theatre in the Austin community. Recently adding an MBA from St. Edward's to her resume, she is not only a creative force but also a strategic thinker. She earned the Medal of Hope from Texas State Leadership Institute during her undergraduate studies.

Photographer and consultant Kathryn Millan works in the President's office of The University of Texas as a senior administrative associate. She has rich experience from her work at the Harry Ransom Center. Her previous work in the fashion photography world based in New York provided a platform for world travels and consulting. Kathryn is an active contributor to the cultural world of Austin. Her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is from UT-Austin.

09/17/2024

“The naïveté and paranoia of the Cold War years are perfectly rendered in Pat Bjorklund’s irresistible memoir..."

Patricia Bjorklund, US and Them



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09/12/2024

Out of the back window of the car,
I see where I’ve been, see the landscape rushing away,
like old photos—black and white reminders of lives….

Dorothy Ellis Barnett | BLY’S DUST



https://www.amazon.com/Blys-Dust-Dorothy-Ellis-Barnett/dp/1943306133

09/10/2024

“In storytelling, all things are possible….”
Dorothy Barnett | thealmoststories

https://www.amazon.com/Almost-Stories-Dorothy-Ellis-Barnett/dp/1943306125

09/05/2024

living once in one-room shotgun type
with along one side their rowboat tied
for spring when Trinity River to flood
cover feral animals & cattle with mud

Dave Oliphant | KD: A JAZZ BIOGRAPHY

https://tinyurl.com/5b9xpd4w

09/03/2024

his bearded booted
haloed likeness pasted
onto a piece
of tin with
flowers or stars

Dave Oliphant | THE COWTOWN CIRCLE

http://ow.ly/XrxTD

08/29/2024

"This book will take your breath in so many places you will have to get up and get a drink of water."

Patricia Bjorklund | US and Them: The Re-Enchantment of a Cold War Childhood

http://ow.ly/fcLH30e1vxu

08/22/2024

Audrey Slate | Forty Years at Paisano

Forty Years at Paisano

“It’s no surprise that the people who were given the gift of Paisano have felt an imperative to write about it.”



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08/21/2024

Ricardo Tane Ward-Ramirez | Broken to Mend

I stumbled across a field of littered feelings
And wondered how people still manage without them



https://tinyurl.com/3t9frn9x

08/21/2024

https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?VOovwVPYrtRc6pAatHb2oZBaC4l7MoKVIibhDbXZUZA

Congratulations, Tane!

In this moving collection of poetry, the world becomes a canvas for exploring the depths of human experience. Broken to Mend investigates the intersection of human trauma with the healing of nature and activism. Through lyrical verse and haunting imagery, Ricardo Tane Ward-Ramirez navigates the land...

08/21/2024

In this moving collection of poetry, the world becomes a canvas for exploring the depths of human experience. Broken to Mend investigates the intersection of human trauma with the healing of nature and activism. Through lyrical verse and haunting imagery, Ricardo Tane Ward-Ramirez navigates the land...

08/21/2024

08/15/2024

“Estess shares the lessons she’s learned along the way in pristine, beautifully rendered memories full of characters who live and breathe….”
Sybil Estess | MISSISSIPPI MILKWATER

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1943306206

08/13/2024

“Look,” the angel said,
“It’s going to get worse
but you’ll make it.”

Sybil Estess / LIKE THAT
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08/08/2024

"Patricia Bjorklund navigates girlhood and adolescence with a loyal heart, an observant eye, and a sarcastic wit."

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Patricia Bjorklund, US and Them

08/06/2024

"Compelling language, absorbing mystery and—at every turn—the possibility of magic."

Kathryn Lane Backyard Volcano

https://tinyurl.com/5n842wha

08/01/2024

Even memory is permeable,
the water discloses.
Laura Quinn Guidry / Between Two Gardens

http://ow.ly/7iw630dFFMD

07/30/2024

“In storytelling, all things are possible….”
Dorothy Barnett | thealmoststories

https://tinyurl.com/2p8kwx3d

02/21/2022