Featured Book
Carlos Montoya — A Novel
A Southern Colorado Family Saga
A novel of family, memory, and reckoning
A multigenerational novel set in Southern Colorado, Carlos Montoya follows a fractured family shaped by violence, buried secrets, and the difficult inheritance passed from one generation to the next.
Recognition:
2024 Latino Book Award — Finalist — Rudolfo Anaya Best Latino Focused Fiction Book
2024 Mayor’s Award for the Arts — Individual Literary Artist
“Beautiful—cinematic yet intimate. I love how the book moves in ripples out from the man to wider context of history and family experience. Each chapter opens the door onto a whole other court of memory.”
— Jennifer C. Cornell, author of Departures
“This story of a complicated man makes for compelling reading.”
— Kirkus Indie Reviews
“Epic novel…an introspective patriarch visits his flaws upon his family…”
— Foreword Reviews
John Paul Jaramillo
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.” He teaches English at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois.
Available for readings, class visits, lectures, interviews, workshops, and literary events.