John Murillo

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John Murillo is an American poet. He is a Cave Canem fellow^[1] and MacDowell fellow.^[2]

John Murillo
John Murillo attends a rally at Washington Square, New York in December 2014
Alma mater	New York University Howard University
Employer	Wesleyan University
Awards	Cave Canem fellow Four Quartets Prize (2021)

Life

He grew up in Los Angeles to an African-American father and Mexican mother.^[3] He graduated from Howard University and New York University.^[4] Murillo previously taught at Hampshire College and New York University.^[1] He currently teaches at Wesleyan University^[5][6] and Sierra Nevada College.^[7][8]

Works

• Three Poems ReadingAB,
• VARIATION ON A THEME BY GIL SCOTT-HERON, The Los Angeles Review,
• A REFUSAL TO MOURN THE DEATHS, BY GUNFIRE, OF THREE MEN IN BROOKLYN, American Poetry Review
• Up Jump the Boogie (Cypher, 2010) ISBN 9780981913148, OCLC 495272840
• The Matador’s Ghost
• Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry (Four Way Books, 2020) ISBN 9781945588471, OCLC 1110678451
• Murillo, John (January 24, 2021). "Variation on a Theme by Elizabeth Bishop". The New York Times Magazine.