John Paul Jaramillo

John Paul Jaramillo was born and raised in the Southern Colorado “Steel City” of Pueblo, CO. He studied composition and literature at the University of Southern Colorado, and earned his MFA in creative writing (fiction) at Oregon State University. Currently, he works as Professor of English in the Arts and Humanities Department of Lincoln Land Community College–Springfield, Illinois.

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Summary: The titular character is faced with a reversal of fortune in almost every way: he loses a steady job, faces illness and disability, fails in his new marriage, and is betrayed by his closest compadre. He must confront his years of terrible parenting decisions and broken family ties after he is compelled to leave the green valley of San Luis, living as an outcast in the “steel city” of Huerfano, Colorado.