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Ron Yates

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Born

in Atlanta, GA, The United States

May 20

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https://ronyates.net

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Genre

Fiction, Memoir

Influences

Elizabeth Strout, Richard Yates, Flannery O'Conner, Hemingway, Jane Sm ...more

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August 2010

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Ron Yates has been learning to write for most of his life. He whipped out good essays in high school, but his adolescent energies were largely devoted to tinkering with old cars, drag racing, drinking beer, and trying to stay out of trouble.

Although encouraged by his English teachers to pursue higher education, Yates, after graduating high school in lackluster fashion, spent time languishing in factory jobs. An aching back and a caring girlfriend prompted him to explore other options.

His enduring love of reading and nascent knack for writing guided him to a degree in English and a career teaching high school. Years later he earned an MFA in creative writing from Queens University of Charlotte.

Yates, who lives near Mt. Cheaha on the shore ...more

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	Make It Right: A Novella and Eight Stories 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ben Stempton's Boy 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Tim Bryant’s new novel, The Stained Glass Mustang, is a captivating tale of wrong actions leading to unimaginable loss and the bumpy road to redemption. The accident happens, irreversibly, in an alcohol-blurred moment. From there we’re with the guilty driver John, a once successful PR and marketing specialist, as he struggles to reconcile his old life with the new, disgraced version of himself. Th

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Review of The Stained Glass Mustang by Ron Yates Bryant’s new novel, The Stained Glass Mustang, is a captivating tale of wrong actions leading to unimaginable loss and the bumpy road to redemption. The accident happens, irreversibly, in an alcohol-blu ...more
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