John Murillo is the author of the poetry collections Up Jump the Boogie, finalist for both the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Pen Open Book Award, and Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry, winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Poetry Society of Virginia’s North American Book Award, and finalist for the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award and the NAACP Image Award. His first full-length translation, Concerning the Angels is a book of poetry by the celebrated Spanish poet, Rafael Alberti. His other honors include the Four Quartets Prize from the T.S. Eliot Foundation and the Poetry Society of America, two Pushcart Prizes, and more.
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