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A Year with Charlie Fine
This beautifully written book of short stories imagines one year in the life of a public high school teacher in Los Angeles. Taking place in and out of the classroom, the tales explore themes related not only to education but also to spirituality, friendship, justice, and mortality. Together, all of these stories are illuminated by the poetic possibilities of modern-day life and the imaginative power of everyday artists. Reviews: "A standout collection of observational wisdom and colloquial humor. There is a whimsical innocence to the collection's philosophy, but also hard-hitting honesty. ... A deeply affecting collection, particularly if you're an exhausted educator or anyone with an ongoing concern for the future, this is poignant and essential reading from start to finish." - Self-Publishing Review "There is a wonderful poetic influence in Mahon's writing. And the way he weaves each theme into the individual stories is masterful. ... [The collection] is urging the reader to find the wonder in the ordinary, the awesome in the everyday events that make up life." - indieBrag Reviewer |
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County Clare and Other Poems
"Mahon has written a collection of poems that are intensely personal stories, which in the end become our own. They make us see that imperfection is its own perfection, that wherever we are - no matter how it feels - is where we belong." - Barry Garelick, educator and author of Letters from John Dewey/Letters from Huck Finn "Christopher Mahon has produced a rare collection that combines Irish spirituality with the beat and pulse of life as we're living it now. These poems will take you back in time to where you've been and then move you forward to where you're going." - Bob White, author of Kid Chocolate “In Christopher Mahon's epistolary poems, past present and future are fused with reality, mysticism and fantasy to create an altogether new world. His work is tenderly tuned to the nature of external things such as his Words for a Dying Infant Bird. In Dad's Day compassion shines through his father's soul during World War II followed by a transition to civilian life in the suburbs where the sounds of domestic wars echo through suburban homes. As Mahon so eloquently puts it in his Poets for Peace ... 'The poets have always said it best. They've understood the deepest meanings in the oldest words .... ' " - Barbara Kraft, author of Anais Nin: The Last Days |
