john paul jaramillo
Menard Building Room 2281 / Lincoln Land Community College / 5250 Shepherd Road Box 19256 / Springfield, Illinois 62794-9256 / John.Jaramillo@llcc.edu / Office: (217) 786-2897
bio
John Paul Jaramillo grew up in the “Steel City” Pueblo, Colorado, and his writing explores the Colorado steel industry and southwestern neighborhoods as well as the link between family, trauma, and place. His work has appeared in the Acentos Review, PALABRA A Magazine of Chicano & Latino Literary Art and the Copper Nickel Review, and many others.
Jaramillo is the author of The House of Order–stories —a 2013 Latino Book Award Finalist– and Little Mocos–a novel from Twelve Winters Press. 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.
Currently, Jaramillo works as Professor of English at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois.
research interests
fiction, creative nonfiction, journaling, literature, latino literature, composition, literary minimalism, latino representation, meditation and mindfulness, community college pedagogy
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, Fiction, 2004
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Bachelor of Arts, English, 1996
University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, Colorado
Teaching Experience
Professor, Tenured—Composition and Literature, Fall 2005 to present
Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, IL
Courses: Composition I and II
Creative Writing Fiction Workshop/Poetry Workshop
Introduction to Drama, Poetry and the Novel
Introduction to Multicultural Literature
Instructor, Composition, Fall 1999-2002; Fall 2004-Summer 2005
Pueblo Community College—Pueblo Colorado
Courses: Developmental Writing
Intro to College Level Writing
Intro to College Level Research
Lecturer, Composition and Literature, Spring 2005-Summer 2005
Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo, CO
Courses: Composition I and II
Creative Writing Fiction Workshop
Teaching Experience (Continued)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University, Fall 2002- Spring 2004:
Courses: Composition I and II
Creative Writing Fiction Workshop
Administration
Composition Coordinator, Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, Illinois, 2010 to present. I mentor and evaluate over 20 adjunct composition instructors, develop curriculum, develop course outcomes, select textbooks, oversee schedules, advise on hiring part-time instructors.
Lincoln Land Review Student Publication Managing Editor, Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, Illinois, 2010 to present. I collect, select and edit student submissions; design ads and oversee online submission forms and website design; organize student readings and manage faculty editors and student workers.
Publications
Books
Carlos Montoya–a novel–Twelve Winters Press 2023
Little Mocos—a novel—Twelve Winters Press 2017
The House of Order: Stories—Anaphora Literary Press 2012
Short Fiction
“Farmhouse in the Lanes”—the Acentos Review Spring 2010
“Rabbit Story”—the Copper Nickel Review Spring 2010
“Driven to the Fields”—Antique Children Arts Journal Spring 2010
“Little Blue Box”—Antique Children Arts Journal Fall 2011
“Lena’s Trip Home”—Fogged Clarity Arts Journal Fall 2011
“Juanita’s Boy”—InDigest Magazine Fall 2011
“Penance”—Verdad Magazine Spring 2011
“Descansos”—Paraphilia Magazine Spring 2011
“Grown-Ass Men”—Sleet Magazine Spring 2011
Publications (Continued)
“Donoso’s Hell”—Antique Children Arts Journal Quarterly Spring 2011
“A Rock in the Beans”—Palabra, A Magazine of Chicano and Latino Literary Art Spring 2012
“Tattoos”—Fast Forward Press’ Flash Fiction Anthology Fall 2012
“Arkansas Flood 1964”—Pilgrimage Magazine Spring 2014
Awards
Glimmer Train, Fiction Award Finalist, 2019.
Pearson Master Teacher Award Nominee, Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, Illinois, 2013
Glimmer Train, Fiction Award Finalist, 2013
International Latino Book Award Finalist–The Mariposa Award–Best First Book–Fiction, 2013
Latino Stories.com Top Ten “New” Latino Authors to Watch (and Read), 2013
Recent Presentations
CHI Spring Writer’s Workshop Presentation, 2022.
Jubilee Farm for Ecology & Spirituality—Springfield, IL.
Local Author Fair Presentation, 2019.
Pleasant Plains Public Library, Pleasant Plains, IL.
Latino Author Spotlight, 2018.
Maeva’s Coffee and Books—Alton, IL.
Southern Colorado Reader Series, Featured Reader, 2013
Colorado State University—Pueblo, Pueblo, CO.