John McCluskey
Fiction & Poetry
John McCluskey writes beautiful prose.
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There are moments when your heart strings will be pulled.
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This is a book the author could not live without writing.
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John McCluskey writes beautiful prose. • There are moments when your heart strings will be pulled. • This is a book the author could not live without writing. •
Acclaimed Titles by John McCluskey
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A Moment of Fireflies
An unimaginable event from years past in Ireland is kept locked up in the heart of an alcohol abusing dad who truly only wants the best for his children and wife. But can he survive without dulling away hard memories with drink? Can love from his family bring him back from the brink?
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I Will Listen If You Tell Me Who I Am
McCluskey, throughout the collection, is able to hold two opposing thoughts in his mind at the same time—you can't get much truer to life than that...
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Ogden's Proverb
Over the course of the book, the author memorably lays bare how one can be haunted by moments years in the past even while one looks toward a bright future. A rich, soulful coming-of-age tale full of the wonder of first love. ~ Kirkus Reviews
Hello, I’m John McCluskey
I generally like to write family drama, literary, coming-of-age fiction and poetry that explores a character’s crises and subsequent arrivals.
The poem “My Gray Child” from I Will Listen If You Tell Me Who I Am has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.