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Alan D Busch
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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 and Skyline Productions. Two of his essays will appear in an anthology of Jewish writings, Everyone's Got A Story, edited by Ruchama King Feuerman, to be published in the spring of 2008, by Judaica Press. Alan's latest publication, a short story entitled "Lamentations" will appear in the Lessons In Emunah feature of the October 11, 2008 edition of the Jewish Press (NY).
He is currently working on an anthology of poetry, a second memoir entitled My Molochim and a journal of writings about living with Parkinson's Disease.
Birth Place: Chicago, IL USA
Accomplishments: My most important achievements are my children.
Secondarily, please see my list of publications.
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Books

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| 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....
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Short Stories
 Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me, Revision 2 of Part 1 by Alan D Busch Stuff My Father Won''t Tell Me, Revision 2 of Part 1...
Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me, Part 10 by Alan D Busch subtitled "Stuff We Didn''t Tell Our Father ..."...
I Am Thy Beloved ... by Alan D Busch Jewish Wedding Vows...
Stories of Shul Life: The Essence of Sukkot by Alan D Busch It''s never too late to learn that what really matters is not the shine but the substance ......
Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me, Part 9 by Alan D Busch Late on a Friday''s afternoon...
Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me, Part 8 by Alan D Busch Friends and old friends ......
Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me, Part 1 (revised) by Alan D Busch This is a revision of part 1 of Stuff My Father Won''t Tell Me...
Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me, Part 7 by Alan D Busch Conversation with my father at his bedside ......
Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me, Part 6 by Alan D Busch Stuff My Father Won''t Tell Me, Part 6...
Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me, A Poetic Preface with Commentary by Alan D Busch A poetic preface with commentary to Stuff My Father Won''t Tell Me...
Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me, Part 5 by Alan D Busch My series continues as my father and I live in the autumn of his life ......
Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me ... Part 4 by Alan D Busch Part 4 of Stuff My Father Won''t Tell Me ......
Express Mail To Ben by Alan D Busch Express Mail to Ben on the first day of Elul ......
Express Mail To Ben by Alan D Busch Express Mail to Ben on the first day of Elul ......
Resent Letter to Ben, 9/1/08 by Alan D Busch A father discusses several life questions with his late son ......
Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me, Part 3 by Alan D Busch Dear Friends,
Please read or reread my second installment of "Stuff My Father Won''t Tell Me, Part 2, A Continuation" before reading this third installment....
Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me ... A Continuation, Part 2 by Alan D Busch Dear Friends,
It will help you to first read my earlier piece by the same title "Stuff My Father Won''t Tell Me ..." in the My Stories section of my writings....
Lamentations to be published by Jewish Press (NY) by Alan D Busch "Lamentations" to be published by Jewish Press (NY)...
The Final Revision of Lamentations by Alan D Busch The Final Revision of "Lamentations" ... I hope!...
Son and Father Commune by Alan D Busch Growing Up On the Phone ...
NOTE TO READERS: PLEASE READ MY POEM ''FOR ZAC'' BEFORE READING THIS PIECE. OK? THANK YOU!...
Stuff My Father Won't Tell Me (under massive construction) by Alan D Busch Post-hospital update about my father''s condition followed by a discussion of the stuff he won''t tell me....
Twelve Years After Mr. Gallo's Class by Alan D Busch A young teacher recalls ......
A Memorable Teacher Revisited by Alan D Busch A former student remembers an important teacher ......
Lamentations ... Revisited by Alan D Busch a revision of my story "Lamentations" submitted for publication ......
Long Distance Letter by Alan D Busch An Almost Forgotten About Letter to Ben on His 7th Hebrew Yarzeit (anniversary of his passing) ...
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Poetry
 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...
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"....
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...
lonely for you, forever (rough draft) by Alan D Busch prose to poetry...
She and You by Alan D Busch
Looking at You ... by Alan D Busch
Prayerful Morning Musings by Alan D Busch Back of the Bais Medrash Musings During Shacharis...
Torah Thoughts in Flight by Alan D Busch
The Catastrophe by Alan D Busch If one life taken is a world lost, what of six million?...
Before No Man Bow by Alan D Busch Reflections on God Talk ......
I Stopped Singing ... by Alan D Busch free form thoughts ......
Original Draft of From Your Room with personal commentary by Alan D Busch The original draft of "From Your Room"
Fyi ... "kallah" is Hebrew for "bride"....
A Parent's Prayer by Alan D Busch Poetical wisdom for young parents ......
Eight Years Ago by Alan D Busch A father''s musings in the eighth year of his son''s absence ......
Dignity Restored by Alan D Busch A crime neither forgiven nor forgotten ......
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Articles
 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......
Stepping into the Sukkah by Alan D Busch This article was published on Aish.com in September of 2007....
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...
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News
 Publication News by Alan D Busch New anthology of Jewish voices to be published in Spring 2008....
Alan's Writer's Resume by Alan D Busch Alan''s Writer''s Resume...
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/...
MEDICAL UPDATE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT 7/17/08 by Alan D Busch PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS. SEE BELOW....
My Father's Additional Medical Update by Alan D Busch AN ADDITIONAL UPDATE OF MY FATHER'S CONDITION...
Update on My Father's Illness by Alan D Busch PLEASE READ AND POST GET WELL WISHES TO MY FATHER, DR. ALBERT I. BUSCH ON THIS SITE. DO TAKE A MOMENT TO DO THIS BY COMPOSING A SHORT REVIEW TO THIS UPDATE....
my father is dying . by Alan D Busch my father is dying ......
Click on ASimpleJew.blogspot.com by Alan D Busch A widely read blog asks Alan to respond to a theoretical proposition. Read Alan's answer in Tuesday's edition of ASimpleJew.blogspot.com...
Review of Snapshots In Memory of Ben by Alan D Busch Read Chicago authoress Shayna Hunt's review of my book in the Jewish Press of New York. Click on link ... ...
DISCOUNTED Copies of Snapshots Available by Alan D Busch Only 9 copies left!...
www.writersstockintrade.blogspot.com by Alan D Busch Introducing a new sponsor on my blog at www.writersstockintrade.blogspot.com....
Poetica Magazine to publish a new poem by Alan Busch by Alan D Busch Alan's original piece of poetry "Shacharis Musings" will be published in the coming weeks by Poetica Magazine.
link:http://poeticamagazine.com/...
Author of Bereavement Memoir Seeks Out Other Bereavement Stories by Alan D Busch Alan D. Busch, bereaved parent and author of Snapshots In Memory of Ben is looking for other writers and/or readers to submit their own stories of mourning, grief and bereavement....
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Events
 Artists' Exhibition and Parkinson's Disease 8/24/2008 An Amazing Event on a Summer's Day ......
A Friend Writes from Israel 7/3/2008 Torah reflections on the sale of one book ......
Postscript to My First Author's Event (under construction)) 6/30/2008 A jewel is only as precious as there are few of them ......
My First Author's Event 6/15/2008 The "back story" to the Chicago Jewish Arts Festival...
Chicago Jewish Arts Festival 6/15/2008 Chicago writer Alan D. Busch will be at the Chicago Jewish Arts Fair, Sunday June 15, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois to sell and sign copies of his book, Snapshots In Memory of Ben, a memoir in commemoration of his late beloved son Benjamin. If you happen...
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Links
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| Snapshots In Memory of Ben
Please purchase copies of my book Snapshots In Memory of Ben by visiting this site. Paypal is accepted.
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The Book of Ben
In memory of my late son Ben, please visit this blog containing nearly 200 postings of Alan's writing.
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Poetry, Dialogue and Composition
The poetry and sundry other writings of Alan D. Busch.
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Additional information
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| 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,CLICK ON:) www.snapshotsinmemoryofben.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
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Contact
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Alan D. Busch 4441 Palma Pl. Skokie
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Work phone: 847 894-1001 |
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