john paul jaramillo

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 […]

One of my favorite writers, activists and speakers. John Trudell: It has been, literally, the most blood thirsty, brutalizing system […]

Put together a quick listing of song titles I think work with each chapter of my book. Saw a few […]

A quick nonfiction excerpt from a project I’m working on: The dark haired boy, bare footed and tired takes the […]

Little Mocos–a novel in stories: “Jaramillo’s (The House of Order, 2011) second novel in stories builds on his debut collection, […]

Spring Break and we found ourselves in St. Louis for a quick day trip. We stopped off at Comet Coffee […]

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 […]

So happy with the cover design for Little Mocos–thank you to @t_morrissey Morrissey and @TwelveWinters

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Margaret Atwood’s classic novel appears to have a well produced series adaptation coming to the internet. I was disappointed with […]

Fascinating documentary covering a church serving homeless and jobless men in North Dakota. I was struck by the struggle between pastor […]

D and I escaped from the election and Trump fallout and enjoyed the Hoagland Center for the Arts’ presentation of […]

Teaching a film as lit class this term and spending some time this week closely studying Joel and Ethan Coen’s […]

Highway driving this summer and enjoying the fairly new Code Switch podcast. I also enjoy the written articles posted on NPR […]