Reflections in Our Time

By Donald J. Young

After receiving his M.A. from Harvard, Don Young taught Creative Writing at Williams College in Massachusetts and at Cabrillo College in California. He recently gave a writing course in London for the American Institute of Foreign Studies.
His first novel, The Reunion, was published by the New International Library Inc. and sold very well. His second novel, The Lions Share, was a fictional account of his experience in The Battle of the Bulge. This book is now in its fourth revised edition. His latest novel, The Battle for Snow Mountain, was published in April 2011 by Pocol Press.
Three novellas, The Ascending Star, The Listening Man, and Dancing by the Shore may be purchased from Pocol Press, Box 411, Clifton, Virginia 20124-1333.
Youngs books of poetry include The Collected Poems, The Invisible Harbor, The Shore of the Unknown, Illumination, Reflections, New Vistas, Sonnets on Shakespeare, and Selected Poems. They may also be purchased from Avranches Press, 1700 Cheryl Way, Aptos, CA 95003, for $12 (which includes tax and shipping).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 7, 2010
• ISBN: 9781450069137

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Contents

I

My Son’s Garden

My Wife’s Work

Uncle Ted

A Former Love

My Friend’s Child

The Neighbor in My Dreams

The Patrons of the Coffee Shop

My Friend in His Eighties

On the Recent Stabbings on the Mission Bus

The English Couple

Two Singers

The Dancer

The Woman in the Fog

The Nebraska Woman in the Photo

Pat Regan, the TV Pastor

The Service for Bale

Doctor Morgan

Howard Brume

My Theological Friend

A Member of Our Crowd

II

The Candidate

The Nature of the President

The TV Hosts

The Public and Their Gods

Americans Go Berserk

On the Passing of the Last Famous Member