Other Publications
Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
FICTION
"Never More Beautiful and Glistening," novel excerpt. Published in Litbreak Magazine, April 2023.
"In the Marketplace of Friendship," The Chrysalis Reader, 2012.
"Velocity," Jessamyn West Review, 1990.
NONFICTION
Six essays on my experience teaching in the public schools at https://christophermahon.medium.com/.
"'Free at Last, Free at Last': A Faith Journey with Thomas Merton," published in The Merton Seasonal, a joint publication of the International Thomas Merton Society and the Thomas Merton Center of Bellarmine University. Fall 2021.
"To Help Teachers, Adults Need to Influence Kids," Education News, June 2013.
Columnist for writersmonthly.com: 2003.
"Greyhound," creative nonfiction at www.toasted-cheese.com, September 1, 2002.
"Events Inspire Learning: Black History Month Exhibit," (San Diego) North County Times, February 10, 2002.
"Their new best friend," San Jose Mercury News, January 7, 1998.
"Creating a human bond," San Mateo County Times, November 13, 1998.
Numerous feature articles for San Francisco community newspapers The Richmond Review and The City Voice, 1994-1995.
Numerous book chapters ("Economic Opportunities" and "Industry Reviews") for assigned countries, printed in international trade books published by the World Trade Press (San Rafael, CA). Books included The Portable Encyclopedia for Doing Business with the United States, The Portable Encyclopedia for Doing Business with Argentina, and The Portable Encyclopedia for Doing Business with the Philippines. 1994-1995.
POETRY
In addition to the book County Clare and Other Poems, other published poems include:
"East Meets West," published in The Merton Seasonal, a joint publication of the International Thomas Merton Society and the Thomas Merton Center of Bellarmine University. Winter 2022.
"Poets for Peace," published in the 2016 issue of War, Literature and the Arts, an international journal of the humanities published by the Department of English and Fine Arts at the United States Air Force Academy.
"This Isn't Fair," published in the anthology What Have You Lost? edited by Naomi Shihab Nye, 1999. Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins).