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The distinguished historian of American history, William Appleman Williams, defined writing as the art of applying the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and remaining there until you have something written down.

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Alan D. Busch is an independent writer in Skokie, Illinois and the father of three children: Benjamin Z’L, Kimberly and Zac. His first book, Snapshots In Memory of Ben, was published in December of 2007 by Water Forest Press and has been reviewed in the New York based Jewish Press by Shayna Hunt, Critical Essays published by literary critic and poet Adam Donaldson Powell, the Chicago Jewish United Fund News Magazine and PoeticaMagazine.com. Alan has published articles of prose and poetry in Bereavement Publications/Living With Loss,The Chicago JUF News Magazine, Poetworks.com, Aish.com, Skyline Productions, Poetica Magazine, the Jewish Press of New York, the Orthodox Union (ou.org) and Horizons Magazine of Targum Press.

Two of his essays appear in an anthology of new Jewish writers, Everyone's Got A Story, edited by Ruchama King Feuerman. He is currently working on his second book, a series of short stories about his late father, Dr. Albert I. Busch, Z'L

Please read Alan's latest publication at http://www.aish.com/sp/so/48971741.html, , a short story entitled "Losing Ben"-Alan discuses the loss of his son Ben from the perspective of his father.

Alan can be reached at alandbusch@aol.com.



Birth Place: Chicago, IL USA

Accomplishments: My most important achievements are my children.
Secondarily, please see my list of publications.
     



Books

Snapshots In Memory of Ben by Alan D Busch
Snapshots In Memory of Ben is a compelling memoir of loss, love and life. A must read for all who are in need of a smile on the face of bereavement....
  

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Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me Revision #2 of Part 1 by Alan D Busch
Revision #2 of Part 1 of "Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me"...
  

 

Chapters 1 and 2 of My Molochim (under construction) by Alan D Busch
Chapters 1 and 2 of My Molochim (angels) sorry about the disjointed appearance of the stories, but do read them please.respond if you like with either negative or positive reviews....
  

 

Prologue to My Molochim (Angels) by Alan D Busch
Please read this draft of a prologue to my second book My Molochim (Angels) and do let me know your thoughts. I appreciate your feedback....
  

 



Short Stories

Cruising Route 66 With Dad, Revision #2
 by Alan D Busch
this revision reflects some of the suggestions offered by my writers' group ......


Cruising Route 66 With Dad-Revision 1
 by Alan D Busch
please read and comment on this improvement of the original...


Cruising Route 66 With Dad
 by Alan D Busch
This a newly revised and expanded chapter 1 of my manuscript in progress about my father's last weeks of life and the time we spent together....


Proposed preface to Alan's 2nd Book ...
 by Alan D Busch
Comments welcome...


Is It Still Okay If Your Father Cries? TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE JEWISH PRESS
 by Alan D Busch
This is the version of "Is It Still Okay If Your Father Cries? that will appear in the November 13, 2009 edition of The Jewish Press, America's largest Independent Jewish Weekly Newspaper....


IS IT STILL OKAY IF YOU FATHER CRIES (SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION)
 by Alan D Busch
Thanks you to the hundreds of readers who have been patiently reading and putting up with the several revisions of this piece. what follows is the draft i sent in for publication please if you would g...


Is It Okay If Your Father Cries (Revised Final Revision)
 by Alan D Busch
writing axion ... if you think it's finished, it probably is not....


Is It Still Okay If Your Father Cries (newly edited for submission)
 by Alan D Busch
revised for submission...


My Brother Does Not Look Like My Father
 by Alan D Busch
a chapter from my manuscript about the last several months of my father's life....


Darkness Can Enlighten (Revision 2)
 by Alan D Busch
The piece will be newly entitled "Our Future Began In Our Past"....


Darkness Can (And Does) Enlighten (revised for submission)
 by Alan D Busch
Our future already began in our past ......


A Revision of Losing A Grandson (submitted for publication)
 by Alan D Busch
Please read this revision of "Losing A Grandson", a chapter of the book I'm presently writing about my late father. I hope to submit this revision for publication...


Fundamentals of Father and Son (Revised Preface to Manuscript)
 by Alan D Busch
Please read this revision of my preface for my second book I'm writing to honor my father who passed away in October of 2008....


Kissing Noses
 by Alan D Busch
An account of the shalom of my father's last morning as part of a book I am currently writing....


Mr. Gallo's Children ...
 by Alan D Busch
Educate a child today and shape the lives of many tomorrow....


Darkness Can Enlighten
 by Alan D Busch
Certain experiences are life-forming however bizarre or pedestrian they might otherwise seem....


Is It Still Okay If Your Father Cries revised /submitted for publication
 by Alan D Busch
This version of Is It Still Okay If Your Father Cries? is newly revised and submitted for publication. Please read this piece in conjunction with the following pieces in MY STORIES: Losing A Grandson,...


Reckoning (with new ending)
 by Alan D Busch
Please (re)read Reckoning. I revised the ending to include a previously untold substory....


You May Be Seated
 by Alan D Busch
a chapter in my manuscript about the last weeks of my father's life ......


Losing A Grandson ...
 by Alan D Busch
dear readers, this is a rough draft. ending is incomplete....


Saving Private Busch
 by Alan D Busch
Dear Readers, This is a very rough draft. If text appears missing, run your mouse over it and it'll reappear. Go figure! ...


Is it Still Okay If Your Dad Cries?
 by Alan D Busch
Dear Readers, This is a revised rough draft....


Shabbos Mincha with Reb Isser (final to be published by Horizons Magazine)
 by Alan D Busch
It is with great pleasure that I announce that this revision of "Shabbos Mincha With Reb Isser" will be published by Horizons Magazine, Targum Press, Summer 2009. Please read it in conjunction with "T...


Shabbos Mincha with Reb Isser (Revised for publication submission)
 by Alan D Busch
Please read this story in conjunction with my other story about Reb Isser, Tefilin and Teacher (2nd revision accepted for publication)....


Reckoning (to be published by the Orthodox Union)
 by Alan D Busch
A father and son talk about important stuff ... this story will be published after Passover of this year by the Orthodox Union (OU) at ou.org in the Shabbat Shalom feature....



Poetry

Martin
 by Alan D Busch
A brother laments his brother whom he never knew ......


Fingers, A Poem for Kimberly (revision 5)
 by Alan D Busch
I think this will be the final pre-submission revision ... but one never knows....


Fingers (substantially revised #4)
 by Alan D Busch
my wife suggested i rewrite it in simpler language .......


Fingers (revision #3)
 by Alan D Busch
No poem as beautiful as her fingers,...


Zac's Lilies
 by Alan D Busch
Perhaps my favorite memory of Zac growing up ......


While Vigilance Slept (revision of Dignity Restored)
 by Alan D Busch
A crime neither forgiven nor forgotten ... (still under construction)...


Three Jewish Love Poems
 by Alan D Busch
Revisions of three Jewish poems. italicized words are defined after the last line of the poem in which they appear...


Shacharis Musings (revised and published)
 by Alan D Busch
Revised version of "Shacharis Musings" as it appears in the summer 2009 edition of Poetica Magazine, Reflections of Jewish Thought (www.poeticamag.com)...


Shacharis Musings
 by Alan D Busch
poetry of the Jewish study/prayer room called the "Beis Medrash" ......


Revision of The First To Be
 by Alan D Busch
There is something special about writing in the wee hours ... do you know what I mean? Please let me know if you like it. You might read it in conjunction with the original found also in my poetry sec...


Pleasantness and Praise
 by Alan D Busch
A wedding prayer for a young couple ... the groom's name Noam means "pleasantness" and the bride's name Tehilla means "praise"....


May He A Teacher Become
 by Alan D Busch
Revision of my poem "For Zac", my son more precious than rubies ......


A Father Muses as the Eighth Anniversary of His Son's Death Nears
 by Alan D Busch
For Benjamin 2,920 days ago ......


First To Be
 by Alan D Busch
Poetical Musings from an old translation of a Jewish hymn "Yigdal" ......


Loss and Gain
 by Alan D Busch
My friend mourns the recent sudden death of his 21-year old daughter ... I dedicate the following verses to Noelle,of blessed memory, beloved daughter of my friend and author Micki Peluso who...


Lonely for You, Forever (under construction)
 by Alan D Busch
Reflections that evening of Ben's death ......


God and Man Chat
 by Alan D Busch
God and Man Chat ......


For Zac
 by Alan D Busch
Reflections for and about Zac ... who has leapt over some of life's highest hurdles....


Tree of Life
 by Alan D Busch
My father is very ill in a hospital. His son reflects ... ...


A Father Loses His Daughter (under construction)
 by Alan D Busch
free form thoughts about a friend's loss of his daughter of 21 years to the seeming randomness of a freakish traffic accident...


Studies in Poetry Revision
 by Alan D Busch
Dear Readers, This took some doing, but here I present two versions of a poem: the older version in black; the revision in red. Please read both and decide which reads better in terms of ryth...


Sew A Stronger Stitch
 by Alan D Busch
Strive to become you b'ezras HaShem (with God's help) ......


Up Heaven's Slope
 by Alan D Busch
Remember ALWAYS!...


Poetry of Pesach
 by Alan D Busch
Inventorying the lessons of Pesach once passed ......


All that Remains ...
 by Alan D Busch
All that Remains Is Oftentimes More Than You Think...



Articles

I Grieve For Ben At My Side
 by Alan D Busch
Next week will mark the ninth anniversary of my son Ben's passing. Here are some thoughts I have about that somber reality....


As The Ninth Year Approaches ... Yom Yom
 by Alan D Busch
draft...


Stepping into the Sukkah
 by Alan D Busch
This article, with several slight revisions, was published on Aish.com in September of 2007 and appears in the anthology Everybody's Got A Story, published by Judaica Press, edited by Ruchama King Fe...


Fundamentals of Fathers and Sons
 by Alan D Busch
A working draft of a preface to my manuscript in progress about the last several weeks of my father's life. Read my chapters, some already published, others in revision that I've posted in "My Stori...


Author and Friend Micki Peluso Leads Fight Against Drunk Driving
 by Alan D Busch
My good friend, author Micki Peluso, in support of the work of MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, has published a new piece on this persistent, dangerous and tragic problem. Micki, herself...


A Father Muses as the Eighth Anniversary of His Son's Death Nears
 by Alan D Busch
The Prose and Poetry of Bereavement...


Making Lemonade ... Parkinson's Really 'Sux', Doesn't It?
 by Alan D Busch
Living with Parkinson's ......


Parkinson's Disease Sux
 by Alan D Busch
Chapter 1 of Parkinson's Disease "Sux"...


Every Day is Thanksgiving
 by Alan D Busch
Thanksgiving is not just about a turkey dinner ......


Glimpse a further glimpse of a New Preface for my second book
 by Alan D Busch
A further revision of a new preface for my second book....


Glimpses of a Preface for Book Two (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
 by Alan D Busch
Preface Book Two (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)...


The 10th, Last and Worst Plague
 by Alan D Busch
Pharoah Had Free Will ... He Just Made Poor Decisions...


It's For the Birds
 by Alan D Busch
Favor Our Feathery Friends ......


Escorting the Dead
 by Alan D Busch
Doing a good deed for which there is no reciprocity ......


Probing Beyond the Surface ...
 by Alan D Busch
Well, ... what have you learned ...?...


These Are The People: Sick! Sick? You Call That Sick? My Mom Taught Me ...
 by Alan D Busch
My mom taught me......


God's Role
 by Alan D Busch
Reflections on the Interactions between Man and His Creator ......


Hug Your Kids Each Day As If It Were ...
 by Alan D Busch
Experience really is the best teacher ......


How Do Other Parents Cope?
 by Alan D Busch
Review of Another Father's Book about the Death of His Son...



News

IS IT STILL OKAY IF YOUR FATHER CRIES TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE JEWISH PRESS
 by Alan D Busch
The Jewish Press (NY)America's Largest Indepedent Weekly Jewish Newspaper will publish Alan's most recent revision (which i have posted on Authorsden.com under My Stories. Thank you to the many many r...


Reckonings A Language You Understand in the Orthodox Union
 by Alan D Busch
Reckonings is a chapter of my book in progress about the time I spent with my father Brigadier General Dr. Albert I. Busch during the last weeks of his life....


New Horizons Features Alan's Story
 by Alan D Busch
Available today "Shabbos Minchah With Reb Isser"-a story of trustworthy and loving advice that put me on the right path......


Alan on Facebook
 by Alan D Busch
Join others who are reading Snapshots In Memory of Ben chapter by chapter,free of charge. Copies are available for purchase $15.95,includes USA shipping. Reach me at alandbusch@aol.com...


This Sunday, 6/21/09 at www.aish.com
 by Alan D Busch
Please click on www.aish.com this Sunday, 6/21/09 to read an original short story which appears here at "authors den" as "Losing A Grandson" but which will be reentitled "Losing Ben" and ... (see belo...


Read Alan's Short Story Published In This Week' s Jewish Press
 by Alan D Busch
Please read Alan's short story Tefillin and Teacher published in this week's edition of The Jewish Press. Thank you!...


Updated Publication Credits of Alan D. Busch
 by Alan D Busch
Alan's published credits are listed here, Revised April 2009....


Shabbos Mincha With Reb Isser to Be Published
 by Alan D Busch
My final revision of Shabbos Mincha With Reb Isser will be published by Horizons Magazine, Targum Press, Summer of 2009. Please scroll down and click on the links to read the stories....


RABBI DR. AKIVA TATZ TO SPEAK IN SKOKIE, ILLINOIS
 by Alan D Busch
DO NOT MISS THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR RENOWNED TORAH GIANT RABBI DR. AKIVA TATZ AT KESSER MAARIV SYNAGOGUE IN SKOKIE, ILLINOIS....


My Story Reckoning To Be Published
 by Alan D Busch
The second chapter of my manuscript "Reckoning" about my late father, Albert I. Busch, DDS, will be published by the Orthodox Union (OU) at ou.org. It can be read here at AD by clicking on the links b...


Tefilin and Teacher Publication News
 by Alan D Busch
Hot off the press as it were!...


MEDICAL UPDATE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT 7/17/08
 by Alan D Busch
PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS. SEE BELOW....


Please Respond to My Plea!
 by Alan D Busch
Urgent messages to all readers of "Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me"!!!...


Upcoming Purim Publication
 by Alan D Busch
Read my story "Al Ha Nissim" (Revision 6 of "For The Miracles") to be published in early March prior to the Jewish holiday of Purim....


Aish.com to Publish Original Short Story
 by Alan D Busch
Please watch for the publication of "These Lights We Kindle", a Hanukkah Story of a "nes", a miracle that will appear on the Hanukkah edition of Aish.com....


Upcoming Publications
 by Alan D Busch
Here is a summary of my upcoming publications ......


Living With Loss, Bereavement Publications will publish Alan's article
 by Alan D Busch
Living With Loss, Bereavement Publications will publish Alan's article "Musings of A Father as the Eighth Anniversary of His Son's Death Nears ......


A Chapter of Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me to be published.
 by Alan D Busch
The Jewish Press (NY), America's largest Jewish independent weekly,will publish an abbreviated revision of Chapter 11 of Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me in January of 2009. See below....


Lamentations now published on-line and in print
 by Alan D Busch
"Lamentations" now published on-line and in print....


Publication News
 by Alan D Busch
New anthology of Jewish voices to be published in Spring 2008....


Jewish Press to Publish Lamentations
 by Alan D Busch
Latest Publication News from Alan D. Busch...


www.Buschphotography.blogspot.com
 by Alan D Busch
Please view my wife's excellent digital photography!...


Click on SeraphicPress.com
 by Alan D Busch
Alan's article,'Bitter Harvest", one of two that appear in Ruchama King Feuerman's newly published Everybody's Got a Story, receives a generous comment by writer Robert Avrech in his review of Ruc...


Snapshots Reviewed by Book Editor of Poetica.com
 by Alan D Busch
A New Review of Snapshots In Memory of Ben by the book editor of poetica.com....


click on http://wwwpearliesofwisdom.blogspot.com/
 by Alan D Busch
CLICK ON http://wwwpearliesofwisdom.blogspot.com/...



Events

Medved Event Update 1/9/2010
Attention All Medheds ... We are anticipating a BIG crowd well over the 350 we had last year. Place your ADVANCE RESERVATIONS with Alan D. Busch at (847) 894-1001 or by emailing alandbusch@aol.com...


Michael Medved Returns to Skokie 10/19/2009
Michael Medved will be returning to Congregation Kesser Maariv. We have not yet nailed down the exact date or pricing but it'll be sometime between late January and early February. Pricing will be very moderate and will be not unlike what it was last...


Michael Medved in Skokie January 17, 2009 1/17/2009
The NUMBER 1 Radio Talk Show Host of politics and popular culture MICHAEL MEDVED will be speaking in Skokie, Illinois at Kesser Maariv Synagogue, 4331 Golf Rd Saturday night, January 17, 2009....


Links

Snapshots In Memory of Ben
Please purchase copies of my book Snapshots In Memory of Ben by visiting this site or preferably contact me at alandbusch@aol.com. Paypal/checks accepted.


The Book of Ben
In memory of my late son Ben, please visit this blog containing nearly 200 postings of Alan's writing.

Poetry, Dialogue and Composition
The poetry and sundry other writings of Alan D. Busch.


Additional information

Alan D. Busch Purchase my book at www.snapshotsinmemoryofben.com Contact me at AlanDBusch@aol.com or at fitterthanudad@aol.com Please read my blogs: www.thebookofben.blogspot.com and www.writersstockintrade.blogspot.com (TO PURCHASE COPIES OF SNAPSHOTS IN MEMORY OF BEN,contact me at alandbusch@aol.com. Print Publishing Credits Snapshots In Memory of Ben by Alan D. Busch, Water Forest Press, Victoria Valentine, 2007 Everyone's Got A Story by Ruchama King Feuerman in which two of my essays are published. Published by Judaica Press. Skyline Review edited by Victoria Valentine in which one of my poems is published. Published by Water Forest Press. The Jewish United Federation News Magazine of Chicago: “The Last Time” excerpted from my manuscript In Memory of Ben in its September 2007 edition Living With Loss Bereavement Publications: "From Your Room" and "Musings of A Bereft Father Six Years Later" in its 2007 summer edition. Living With Loss, Bereavement Publications: “Every Day is Thanksgiving” November 1, 2007 winter edition. Poetryworks.com: “Mourning's Reflections" in Passing, published Poetryworks.com. The Jewish Funeral Directors of America: Reprint of “Musings of A Bereaved Father Six Years in its national magazine; for more specific information, contact Carla Blowey at editor@livingwithloss.com On Line Publications: Aish.com, "Stepping Into The Sukkah" http://www.aish.com/spirituality/odysseys/Stepping_into_the_Sukkah.asp Jewish Magazine, "Closing the Grave" http://www.jewishmag.com/113mag/escortdead/escortdead.html New Jersey Faith Forum: "A Father’s Tribute to His Late Son" New Jersey Faith Forum: "It Happened Again" http://njfaithforum.blogspot.com/2007/03/fathers-tribute-to-his-late-son. Professional References: Mary Pat Tuxbury www.mptbooks.com Ruchama King Feuerman http://writetogether.typepad.com/3. Carla Blowey editor@livingwithloss.com

 
Contact Information

Alan D. Busch
4441 Palma Pl. 
Skokie   IL   60076   USA

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