John Paul Jaramillo

Fiction Writer

5250 Shepherd Road Dept. of Arts and Humanities
Springfield, IL 62796
Phone: 
217-786-2897

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.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Little Mocos--a Novel (Twelve Winters Press, 2017)
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The House of Order (Anaphora Literary Press, 2012)
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The House of Order: Stories (Anaphora Literary Press, 2012)
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The House of Order: Stories (, 2012)
Journals: ,
Antique Children
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InDigest
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Paraphilia Magazine
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Pilgrimage Magazine
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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: Apr 22, 2019