John Murillo

JOHN MURILLO’s first poetry collection, Up Jump the Boogie, was a finalist for both the 2011 Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the PEN Open Book Award.  His work has appeared in such publications as Callaloo, Court Green, Ninth Letter, and Ploughshares, and is forthcoming in Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of African-American Poetry.  His second collection, The Matador’s Ghost, is forthcoming from Cypher Books.  This is his Dodge Poetry Festival debut. 

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Schedule

THURSDAY

3:30-4:30
Reading and Conversation
Sharon Dolin, John Murillo, C.K. Williams
Prudential Hall

FRIDAY

9:30-10:30am
Festival Poet Readings
Brian Barker, Henri Cole, Sharon Dolin, Nikky Finney, John Murillo
Victoria Theatre

1:30-2:30pm
Poets on Poetry
Taylor Mali, John Murillo
CAE Auditorium

2:50-3:50pm
Conversations: On the Life of the Poet
John Murillo, Larissa Szporluk, Raúl Zurita & Daniel Borzutzky
Prudential Hall
 

SATURDAY

10:30-11:40
Conversation: Who Is It Can Tell Me Who I Am: Poetry and Identity
Eduardo C. Corral, Cynthia Arrieu-King, John Murillo, Gregory Pardlo
CAE Auditorium

12:00-1:10
Festival Poets Reading
Rachel McKibbens, Joseph Millar, John Murillo
Chase Room
 

SUNDAY

10:30-11:40
Festival Poet Readings
Brian Barker, Eduardo C. Corral, Emari DiGiorgio, John Murillo
Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art