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Kenan Visiting Wrtier

2022, MFA in Fiction, University of Pittsburgh

2019, MA in English (pending), Mississippi State University

2017, BA in Psychology, University of Arkansas Little Rock

Bio

Jared Lemus is the author of two works of fiction forthcoming with Ecco-HarperCollins. His story collection, Guatemalan Rhapsody, will be published 3/4/2025 and his novel will be published in 2027. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Story, The Pinch, The Kenyon Review Online, PANK, Cleaver, and Joyland, among others, and is forthcoming in Fall 2024 print issue of The Kenyon Review. He holds an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh, where he worked as a Visiting Professor in Fiction.

To read more, visit my website

Publications:

Guatemalan Rhapsody (Ecco-HarperCollins, 2025)

“Saint Dismas” (The Atlantic, April 2024)

“Caidas” (The Kenyon Review, Fall 2024)

“So Long to the Rearview” (Story, Summer 2022)

“Whistle While You Work” (The Pinch, Spring 2022)


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Curriculum Vitae / Resume