Biography
John F. McMullen, "johnmac the bard", is a poet, author, journalist, technologist, college professor, consultant, and denizen of cyberspace. He is the host 0f the weekly "johnmac Radio Show" (all show recordings are available under the "The johnmac Radio Show" tab at this site) and the editor publisher of the free daily Internet newspaper "johnmac's news of the day" (http://paper.li/f-1416296565) , a curation of news stories and opinion pieces from around the country and the work.
He is a graduate of Iona College and holds two Masters degrees from Marist College. He was an executive of two major Wall Street firms, an officer of three consulting firms (including his own). He presently is an adjunct professor at SUNY - Purchase and has taught at NYU, The New School for Social Research, Marist College, Westchester Community College, and Monroe College.
The title poem of his first poetry collection, "Cashing A Check," won third place in the 2009 Writer's Place National Poetry Contest. "Cashing A Check" was followed by his second collection, "Writing In My Head," and the chapbook, "With A Chip On My Shoulder." He has recently published a large collection of poetry, "New and Selected Poems" and "The Inwood Book", an omnibus containing poems, short stories, and the novella "Offering It Up", all set in the Inwood section of Manhattan Island, NYC. Additionally, his poems have appeared in Inwood Indiana, Boston Literary Review, and Poetry Quarterly. His Amazon Author Page at http://bit.ly/johnmac. He is the co-author of a book on telecommunications, "Microcomputer Communications - A Window on the World" and was a contributor (with Esther Dyson, Ray Bradbury, William F. Buckley, Jr,. Thom Hartmann, Steve Wozniak, John D. MacDonald, Henny Youngman, and many others) to the well-ahead-of-its-time "Digital Deli" (the individual articles are available at http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/), the author of over 1,500 news stories, articles, and columns (for such publications as The Westchester / Fairfield Business Journals,The Chicago Tribune, PC Magazine, Computer Shopper, Newsbytes, Lear's, InfoWorld, Government Executive, Popular Computing, Computers and Electronics, National Review, MicroTimes, PC Sources, A+, Information Age, Computer Living / New York, and HyperAge). He is presently a columnist for the Westchester Guardian, his writings appear ocassionally online at Techopedia and he blogs at Medium (https://medium.com/@johnfmcmullen)
He is a member of the American Academy of Poets, the Association for Computing, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Freelancers Union. He is a native of the Inwood section of Manhattan Island and resides in Jefferson Valley, NY, with his wife, Barbara E. McMullen, an educator and entrepreneur. His daughter, Claire McMullen Cleary, is a physical trainer and his son, Luke McMullen, is a television writer / producer and a gane developer. He may be reached at johnmac13@gmail.com, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
John F. McMullen, "johnmac the bard", is a poet, author, journalist, technologist, college professor, consultant, and denizen of cyberspace. He is the host 0f the weekly "johnmac Radio Show" (all show recordings are available under the "The johnmac Radio Show" tab at this site) and the editor publisher of the free daily Internet newspaper "johnmac's news of the day" (http://paper.li/f-1416296565) , a curation of news stories and opinion pieces from around the country and the work.
He is a graduate of Iona College and holds two Masters degrees from Marist College. He was an executive of two major Wall Street firms, an officer of three consulting firms (including his own). He presently is an adjunct professor at SUNY - Purchase and has taught at NYU, The New School for Social Research, Marist College, Westchester Community College, and Monroe College.
The title poem of his first poetry collection, "Cashing A Check," won third place in the 2009 Writer's Place National Poetry Contest. "Cashing A Check" was followed by his second collection, "Writing In My Head," and the chapbook, "With A Chip On My Shoulder." He has recently published a large collection of poetry, "New and Selected Poems" and "The Inwood Book", an omnibus containing poems, short stories, and the novella "Offering It Up", all set in the Inwood section of Manhattan Island, NYC. Additionally, his poems have appeared in Inwood Indiana, Boston Literary Review, and Poetry Quarterly. His Amazon Author Page at http://bit.ly/johnmac. He is the co-author of a book on telecommunications, "Microcomputer Communications - A Window on the World" and was a contributor (with Esther Dyson, Ray Bradbury, William F. Buckley, Jr,. Thom Hartmann, Steve Wozniak, John D. MacDonald, Henny Youngman, and many others) to the well-ahead-of-its-time "Digital Deli" (the individual articles are available at http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/), the author of over 1,500 news stories, articles, and columns (for such publications as The Westchester / Fairfield Business Journals,The Chicago Tribune, PC Magazine, Computer Shopper, Newsbytes, Lear's, InfoWorld, Government Executive, Popular Computing, Computers and Electronics, National Review, MicroTimes, PC Sources, A+, Information Age, Computer Living / New York, and HyperAge). He is presently a columnist for the Westchester Guardian, his writings appear ocassionally online at Techopedia and he blogs at Medium (https://medium.com/@johnfmcmullen)
He is a member of the American Academy of Poets, the Association for Computing, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Freelancers Union. He is a native of the Inwood section of Manhattan Island and resides in Jefferson Valley, NY, with his wife, Barbara E. McMullen, an educator and entrepreneur. His daughter, Claire McMullen Cleary, is a physical trainer and his son, Luke McMullen, is a television writer / producer and a gane developer. He may be reached at johnmac13@gmail.com, Facebook, and LinkedIn.