Dog Ear Publishing imprint: 249 books

I grew up a middle child, in a small college town in Alabama. We were poor but proud. I managed to work my through college and after moving to northwest Indiana, completed some graduate school. History/Political Science has always been my safe haven, my interest, those subjects intrigued me. I write...

When Claire’s mom decides to learn how to snowboard at the age of 40, Claire is horrified! After all, there are just certain things “older” people do not do, especially one’s parent! Besides, snowboarding was Claire’s sport. How dare her mother embarrass her on the slopes? Mom would surely...

At the age of 21, Jack R. Peterson left home and enlisted with the Navy at the beginnings of the War in Viet Nam. Young and green around the ears, Jack met up with other boys who were ready to become men. None of them had a clue. All of them had eyes clouded with adventure and travel, being independent...

The book is a collection of poems dealing with various themes, emotions and mental states, the overarching, unifying idea being wistfulness. Autumn seems to be both a physical and a mental season. It provides one with the opportunity to reassess certain decisions and situations and allows for the...

He lives in Los Angeles, working as a dentist GP. He decided to write this book based on what he sees every day in convalescent hospitals. He has written a previous book related to the dental profession. Although this second book is not about his profession, he felt it had to be told because the story...

“Daddy’s Big Secret, Jordan Learns the Truth,” is a heart-felt, non-fiction story that depicts the recollection of his childhood from a father, who is coming to grips with the truth that he had tried to hide from the world and sometimes himself. After long consideration, and with the support...

Blister is the second collection of work by JP Cashla and a follow up to his debut collection Stone Music in 2013. Like his prior effort Blister continues to address aspects of poet’s life real or imagined; past and present. His voice is unique and feral. He wields language like a weapon...

When I was a young child I was playing with my toys on the floor next to my dad, who was sitting in his recliner. He was watching the President on TV. President Kennedy stated, “We will put a man on the moon in this decade.” I looked up at my dad and asked, “What is a decade?” My father answered,...

DEWPOINTS is a retrospective collection of poems that Laura Bernell wrote, till the time she was 67-years-old from when she was 10-years-old. A dewpoint, as the author sees it, is that instant at which amorphous thought and feeling solidify into an awareness that is so intense it forms into words....

When Maitland developed severe breathing difficulties in his mid-thirties, a lung transplant became his only option for survival. In addition to this aquatic and mountaineering exploits in the ten years since his lung transplant, Maitland describes talking to awe-inspiring individuals, reflects on...

Early in my life, the written word took on a special meaning to me. It became my way of describing events, people, places, and most of all, feelings. It was also a way to collect old memories and preserve them with the words. This book contains a collection of such poems and prose. Some are...

Life boils down to two simple questions: What is my purpose, and what should I accomplish during my limited time on Earth? Anyone who has struggled with these questions can relate to Clifton L. West III, a Baptist church deacon who shares his story of an extraordinary life lived by an ordinary man....

This diaspora novel is a celebration of Indian and African culture seen through the eyes of a young woman. As a member of an Indian minority in a small African country, Shaza’s life is complicated. She lives in a lively house full of relatives. Later, she meets Idi Amin, the bloodthirsty Ugandan...

FOR RUTH, POETRY IS A WAY TO CELEBRATE THE EVERY DAY, SAVORING FAMILIAR MOMENTS WITH IMAGINATION AND WHIMSY. HER NINE DECADES OF LIFE EXPERIENCE LEAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO RELATE TO. WITH THE HELP OF HER GRANDDAUGHTER’S ILLUSTRATIONS, HER POEMS ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE.