John Paul Jaramillo
Publications
Books and selected writing, with links to stories and excerpts available online.
Books
Selected Short Fiction & Nonfiction
Read selected work online through the linked titles.
- “Blessed Dirt”
- “Carlos Montoya”
- “Tattoos”
- “Grown-Ass Men”
- “A Rock in the Beans”
- “Little Blue Box”
- “Lena’s Trip Home”
- “Juanita’s Boy”
- “Descansos”
- “Donoso’s Hell”
- “Rabbit Story” Read the later book excerpt at As the Pages Turn
- “Driven to the Fields”
- “Penance”
- “Farmhouse in the Lanes”
Selected Theatre
The Cary Grant of San Luis
Staged reading in Date Night with Ten-Minute Plays, University of Illinois Springfield, January 25, 2025. Directed by Tim Crawford.
Current Work
Neighbor Lady Stories
A linked story cycle exploring community and regional memory in Southern Colorado.
Memoir in Progress
A memoir focused on family, labor, and landscape in the San Luis Valley and Pueblo region.