John T Farrell

Creative Nonfiction Writer

1155 Warburton Ave APT 4D
Yonkers, NY 10701
Phone: 
917-232-9533

Author's Bio

John Farrell is the author of numerous articles and reviews and four books. He writes primarily on addiction and spirituality, but is currently working a book about the spiritual dimensions of stuttering. He has taught writing courses at several universities including SUNY, Fordham, Drexel, and Delaware. He also composes tanka, a Japanese form comprising five lines and thirty-one syllables. He is ordained in the Episcopal Church of the United States and is a trained labyrinth walk facilitator. He received a Masters of Divinity from Yale University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Delaware. In 2008, Fr. Farrell served as a Professional-in-Residence at the Betty Ford Center. He has been named a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Sought Through Prayer and Meditation (Central Recovery Press, 2013)
,
Guide Me in My Recovery: Prayers for Times of Joy and Times of Trial (Central Recovery Press, 2011)
Chapbook:
Writing: A Casebook (Kendall Hunt Publishing, 1992)

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Stutter by Marc Shell, Postcards from Atlantic City by Paul Wolfe, Israel Rank: Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman, The Cyclops Case by Alan Scribner, The Summer Isles by Ian MacLeod

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White, Irish American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Glen Cove
Raised in: 
Yonkers, NY
New York
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Last update: Jul 15, 2015