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Balter, Alan

 
9781627202961: Anguish in Poetry and Prose

Synopsis

Meet Jimmy, a homeless veteran who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder and works a corner begging people for loose change. He sleeps in a cardboard box underneath a viaduct where he suffers from flashbacks, night sweats, and dreams of his dead buddies screaming for their mothers.

Or turn to a plea for physician assisted suicide, an end of life option that is is slowly becoming legalized in a few states across the country for terminally ill patients who wish to end their lives with dignity.

You may also be interested in a chilling description of animal cruelty that occurs every year on the ice fields of Canada and Norway during which hundreds of thousands of baby seals are clubbed to death for their fur that nobody needs.

The collection will stay with you for a long time.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alan Balter, Ph.D. previously published two nonfiction books: Divided Apple: A Story about Teaching in Chicago and Learning Disabilities: A Book for Parents, both with Kendall-Hunt publishers. He has also published two novels: Holden and Me (Rockway Press), for which he received their international fiction award in 2006 and Different Ways of Being (Linkville Press, 2013). His essay, "Cruel and Unusual Endings," about physician assisted suicide, appeared in the Op-Ed section of the Chicago Tribune in 2000. Additionally, he has published Poetry for My Grandchildren and Everyone Else's (Infinity Press, 2011) and Melancholia, a Poetry Chapbook. (Kelsay Books, 2020). Dr. Balter and his wife Barbara, also a retired teacher, live in Northbrook, Illinois. They enjoy extensive travel and 14 grandchildren.

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