John Murillo
John Murillo attends a rally at Washington Square, New York in December 2014
Alma mater
Employer
Awards
  • Cave Canem fellow Edit this on Wikidata

John Murillo is an American poet. He is a Cave Canem fellow[1] and MacDowell fellow.[2]

Life

He grew up in Los Angeles to an African-American father and Mexican mother.[3] He graduated from Howard University and New York University.[4] Murillo previously taught at Hampshire College and New York University.[1] He currently teaches at Wesleyan University[5][6] and Sierra Nevada College.[7][8]

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) ISBN 9780981913148, OCLC 495272840
  • The Matador’s Ghost
  • Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry (Four Way Books, 2020) ISBN 9781945588471, OCLC 1110678451
  • Murillo, John (January 24, 2021). "Variation on a Theme by Elizabeth Bishop". The New York Times Magazine.

References

  1. 1 2 "Cave Canem » Blog Archive » DOGBYTES Interview: John Murillo". Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ "John Murillo - Artist". MacDowell Colony. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ "John Murillo". www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org.
  4. ↑ "John Murillo". Poetry Foundation. 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  5. ↑ "John Murillo - Faculty, Wesleyan University". www.wesleyan.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  6. ↑ "Poet John Murillo reads selected work in Wriston art gallery". The Lawrentian. 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  7. ↑ "American Poetry Review – Authors". aprweb.org. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  8. ↑ Poets, Academy of American. "About John Murillo | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
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