Jjaramillo

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• the House of Order and Southern Colorado Reader Series

  

  I will be reading from my book The House of Order at Colorado State University-Pueblo on Feb 4, 2014 as a part of the Southern Colorado Reader Series. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• the House of Order and Southern Colorado Reader Series

  

  I will be reading from my book The House of Order at Colorado State University-Pueblo on Feb 4, 2014 as a part of the Southern Colorado Reader Series. I will... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• the House of Order Indie Reader Review

  

  Grateful for the thoughtful review at Indiereader.com:“…the book is filled with beautiful moments, like shards of broken stained-glass window lying in the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• the House of Order Indie Reader Review

  

  Grateful for the thoughtful review at Indiereader.com: “…the book is filled with beautiful moments, like shards of broken stained-glass window lying in the dirt. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• Teacher’s Lounge

  

  I tell my students that Week 4 of the semester is usually where the wheels fall off–for students as well as instructors. This semester is particularly... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• Quick Review of Daniel Chacon’s Hotel Juarez

  

  A few months back I wrote a quick review of Daniel Chacon’s book Unending Rooms. I admire Chacon’s aesthetic and overall writerly choices. I look forward to... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• Southern Colorado Reading Series at CSU-P

  

  Poet and professor Juan Morales invited me to be a featured reader next year in the Southern Colorado Reader Series at Colorado State... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• Will Hochman on Salinger Documentary

  

  My friend and mentor Will Hochman answers some questions and gives his opinion on the new Salinger documentary. Share this:Like this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 BOOKS

• Back in the Classroom

  

  I set up this blog to follow my writing but the past few weeks I am back in the classroom. Putting the work of editing manuscripts aside. I am also back in the... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• Quick Thought on the Man with the Golden Arm

  

  Finished reading through Algren’s The Man with the Golden Arm and I’ve enjoyed the story of self-destruction. I can see why this book is such a classic. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• a Book and a Labyrinth

  

  Rereading Borges’ The Garden of Forking Paths this morning. And the idea of a chaotic novel or a novel with confounding paths of time consoles me as I’ve been... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• Semi-orphaned Aug 15 Deadline

  

  Sat down today–all day today–working towards an August 15 contest deadline for my Semi-Orphaned manuscript. Here is a quick excerpt:Neto was over on the bed... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• the House of Order: Cielo August Book Club Selection

  

  The good folks at CIELO: Culturally Integrated Education for Latinos Organization here in Springfield, Illinois will be discussing my book at their August book... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• Tom Spanbauer Literary Minimalism Page

  

  Found this great wiki page on Tom Spanbauer and literary Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• the House of Order Writeup in the San Francisco Book Review

  Here’s a quick excerpt from the writeup in the August San Francisco Book Review: Star Rating: 5 out of 5 Raw and highly emotional at times, Jaramillo’s stories... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• Nelson Algren Documentary

  

  Happen to be reading through The Man With the Golden Arm this summer. Now news of Algren documentary. I’m looking forward to it. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• I’m Grateful for the Nearly Half-page Writeup in

  

  the hometown newspaper:“Jaramillo is writing about working in Southern Colorado farm fields, driving and drinking beer and smoking pot; visiting family members... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• More Yale Writers’ Conference Notes

  

  Enjoyed Sergio Troncoso’s fiction workshop the past ten days and wanted to post some of my notes on the rest of the Yale Writer’s Conference. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• Yale Writer’s Conference Notes

  In the next couple of days I want to post more of my notes from the Yale Writer’s Conference. Today though Sergio Troncoso sent his workshop students this... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• the House of Order at the Latino Book Awards

  

  A few nights with D in New York City at the Latino Book Awards was overwhelming. Grateful to be on hand to pick up my Honorable Mention. So many great writers... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING