latino author spotlight oct 29, 6pm
Discover your new favorite author at our Latino Author Spotlight! This author meet + greet will feature two incredible authors: John Paul Jaramillo and Amy Sayre…
Posts by john paul jaramillo
quick review–the third policeman by flann o’brien
Such an odd and strange little book from O’Brien. What I liked: Definitely not a book you can easily categorize. The plot was meandering–more so than…
quick review: at swim-two-birds
Spending more and more time before getting to sleep at night reading and trying to re-develop my focus. And I decided to work on Barthelme’s syllabus…
when a writer loses the way
Over the last year or so I am finding I have more and more unread or half finished books on my desk and shelf. I think…
documentary recommendation: gabo–the creation of gabriel garcia marquez
I’ve been listening to One Hundred Years of Solitude as an audiobook and watching this documentary on Marquez’ life and work. I’m still taken by the…
latino book review–little mocos review
Happy to see my book reviewed and featured at Latino Book Review site. https://www.latinobookreview.com/latino-book-review–john-paul-jaramillo—little-mocos.html
documentary recommendation–joan didion: the center will not hold
Quite a few students asked me about watching this 2017 Netflix documentary on Joan Didion. One of my favorite writers and I enjoyed the film. Fascinating…
documentary recommendation: trudell
One of my favorite writers, activists and speakers. John Trudell: It has been, literally, the most blood thirsty, brutalizing system ever imposed on this planet. That…
little mocos a novel in stories–book soundtrack–parts 1 and 2
Put together a quick listing of song titles I think work with each chapter of my book. Saw a few other writers I admire do this…
father fragments
A quick nonfiction excerpt from a project I’m working on: The dark haired boy, bare footed and tired takes the reins of the mare and throws…
little mocos kirkus review
Little Mocos–a novel in stories: “Jaramillo’s (The House of Order, 2011) second novel in stories builds on his debut collection, and fans of that work will…
coffee recommendation–comet coffee company st. louis
Spring Break and we found ourselves in St. Louis for a quick day trip. We stopped off at Comet Coffee Company St. Louis. D had a…
film recommendation: moonlight
I’ve not watched Boyhood and in fact I’ve not watched many films concerning youth and masculinity lately–mostly because of my teaching schedule and work. Moonlight though came up on…
