John Murillo is an American poet. He is a Cave Canem fellow and MacDowell fellow.

Life

He grew up in

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

to an African-American father and Mexican mother. He graduated from

Howard University Howard University (Howard) is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commissi ...

and

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

. Murillo previously taught at

Hampshire College Hampshire College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges ...

and

. He currently teaches at

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...

and

Sierra Nevada College Sierra Nevada University (SNU) was a private university in Incline Village, Nevada in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierras. In 2022 it became University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. Founded in 1969, Sierra Nevada College was accredited by the N ...

Works

Three Poems
''ReadingAB,''
VARIATION ON A THEME BY GIL SCOTT-HERON
''The Los Angeles Review'',
A REFUSAL TO MOURN THE DEATHS, BY GUNFIRE, OF THREE MEN IN BROOKLYN
''American Poetry Review'' * ''Up Jump the Boogie'' (Cypher, 2010) , * ''The Matador’s Ghost'' * ''Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry'' (Four Way Books, 2020) , *

References

External links

The PEN Ten with John Murillo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murillo, John American male poets Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American poets 21st-century American male writers American people of Mexican descent African-American poets Poets from Los Angeles Howard University alumni New York University alumni Hampshire College faculty New York University faculty Wesleyan University faculty Sierra Nevada College MacDowell Colony fellows