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

Life

He grew up in

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

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

Howard University Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and accredited by the Mid ...

and

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

. 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, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the Methodi ...

and

Sierra Nevada College Sierra Nevada University (SNU) was a private university in Incline Village, Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierras. It was governed by a seven-member board of trustees who were locally elected. In 2022, it was announced that the school w ...

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 writers 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