Fergus Tuohy
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Fergus Tuohy

Essays

  • Playing on the edge of the world: Magical synchronicities preparing us for the advent of Armageddon

  • After I’m dead, she said, my prayers will only be more powerful: My fairy godmother, forests, fungi, family, and a beauty that will last

  • Give Me Back My Bag, Or I’ll Break Your Bloody Neck!: And other things my fairy godmother, the former mother superior, once said

  • I heard that his morals were dubious. Oh, very dubious indeed!: Fun facts, innuendo, and the legacy of poetic wisdom my mother left for us

  • The Beauty That Will Last: Music, poetry, and a love that outlives exile and dementia

  • She Looks Like She's Going to the Guillotine!: My mother's unforgettable running commentary on Jeopardy!

  • Truth Is Funnier Than Fiction: Paying attention to life and keeping a journal provide a wealth of colorful characters, scenes, and stories

  • Jaysus, There's No Money in That!: An Irish family story about vocation, ambition, and what truly pays off

  • Never Go to Bed Angry—And Don’t Die That Way Either: Lessons in caregiving from the son of an Irishwoman who summoned Shakespeare like a switchblade

  • Three Weeks Late and Three Hours in the Birth Canal: My belated birthday, and other stories and poems my mother never let me forget

  • Have You Heard the One About Irish Alzheimer’s? What my parents’ dementia revealed about resentment, forgiveness, and joy

  • Be Ready to Take the Flack: What my parents taught me about speaking up when staying silent is far easier

  • An Inheritance of Pride: My parents’ acts of courage helped me overcome my own fears

  • A Tale of Two Weddings: About that time our church learned we'd already been married. And why.

  • The Real Thing: My father was always himself—especially after his excommunication

  • Speak Up—Not Everyone Can: Before and after the convent, my Irish mother did not hold back

Reported Writing

  • An American Jesuit in Ireland urges the church to welcome LGBT faithful: The Rev. James Martin, a champion of LGBTQ Catholics, headed a conference in Ireland meant to reach out to them

  • 'Hi, Felicia!': This married lesbian mom wants to turn deep-red Alabama seat blue

  • Entering the Holy Land through the back door: A daily dispatch from a reporting journey to Israel and Palestine

  • Sufi spirituality transcends religious borders in the Holy Land

 
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“Fergus is a masterful storyteller. His words will thrill, entertain, inspire and enchant.”

— Meg Kissinger, author of While You Were Out