John Paul Jaramillo

Fiction Writer

Springfield, IL
Illinois US
Email: 
john.jaramillo@llcc.edu
Website: 
johnpauljaramillo.com

Author's Bio

His stories have appeared in the Acentos Review, Palabra, A Magazine of Chicano and Latino Literary Art and Somos en Escrito–most recently in La Casita Grande Lounge and Nat Brut #9. He is the author of the story collection The House of Order, named a 2013 Int’l Latino Book Award Finalist, and the novel in stories Little Mocos from Twelve Winters Press. In 2013 Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature listed Jaramillo as one of its Top 10 New Latino Authors to Watch and Read.

Education: 
Oregon State University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Carlos Montoya--A Novel (Twelve Winters Press, 2023)
,
Little Mocos--a Novel (Twelve Winters Press, 2017)
,
The House of Order: Stories (Anaphora Literary Press, 2012)
Journals:
Acentos Review
,
Antique Children
,
Duende
,
InDigest
,
PALABRA: A Magazine of Chicano & Latino Literary Art
,
Paraphilia Magazine
,
Pilgrimage Magazine
,
Sleet Magazine
,
Verdad
Prizes won: 

His collection The House of Order: Stories was named an International Latino Book Award Finalist and in 2013 Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature listed Jaramillo as one of its Top 10 New Latino Authors to Watch and Read.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, Fat City by Leonard Gardner, Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Pueblo, CO
Colorado
Raised in: 
Pueblo, CO
Colorado
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Last update: Aug 20, 2024