Jared Lemus is the author of the short story collection, Guatemalan Rhapsody, published with Ecco-HarperCollins on March 4th 2025. His debut novel is forthcoming with Ecco-HarperCollins. Lemus’s work has appeared in The Atlantic, Story, The Pinch, and The Kenyon Review, among others. He holds an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh and is currently the Kenan Visiting Writer at UNC-Chapel Hill.

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PAST AND UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Our New Histories: The Debut BIPOC Writers Reshaping Literature

    Time & Location

    Sep 19, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

    Cafe con Libros, 724 Prospect Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA

    About the Event

    Restless Books, Tin House, Amistad, and Ecco present four ascendent authors whose first releases shook 2025. Camille U. Adams traces her family’s legacy of secrets and abandonment in the Trinidadian memoir How to Be Unmothered; individual longing and a Yoruba prophecy collide in Olufunke Grace Bankole’s intergenerational novel, The Edge of Water; Tramaine Suubi follows the waxing moon from anxiety to ecstasy in their poetry collection, phases; and Jared Lemus turns a cinematic eye to reluctant outlaws and would-be saints in the stories of Guatemalan Rhapsody. Moderated by M Lin.

    THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT

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  • Brooklyn Book Festival

    Portraits of the Everyday

    Main Stage

    209 Joralemon Street

    4 PM: Portraits of the Everyday 

    Between imagining the varieties of life’s circumstances, embodying the perspectives of numerous people, and capturing the distinctly human emotions amidst it all, join Ed Park (An Oral History of Atlantis: Stories), Lynne Tillman (Thrilled to Death: Selected Stories), and Jared Lemus (Guatemalan Rhapsody: Stories) as they delve into what writing short stories means to them. From jealousy of blooming friendships between their partner and a FedEx courier, attending parties in the suits of dead fathers, and getting caught up with an American film crew, these new collections provide snapshots of a life both ordinary and unexpected. Moderated by Sabir Sultan, director, World Voices Festival.

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  • Jared Lemus and Dr. Samantha Edmonds

    Main Library (Darragh Center)

    100 Rock Street

    Little Rock, AR 72201

    Saturday, October 4th

    5:30pm-6:30pm

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  • Southern Festival of Books

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  • Summer Book Club Social with HarperCollins & Featuring Author Jared Lemus

    Date:

    6/12/2025

    Time:

    6:30PM

    Place:

    Bookmarks
    634 W. 4th St #110
    Winston Salem, NC 27101-2730

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  • Humanity in a Snapshot: Short Stories with Jared Lemus, Lena Valencia, Bob Johnson, and Wes Blake

    Date:

    7/12/2025

    Time:

    11:30am

    Place:

    Author Stage 2

    MAIN LIBRARY | 96 S. Grant Ave.
    Topiary Park

    Columbus, OH

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  • Get in the Ring: Multiple Points of View in Fiction With Rita Bullwinkel and Justin Haynes

    Date:

    4/26/2025

    Time:

    10:30AM

    Place:

    705 W., 34th Street
    University of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA 90089-1541 

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  • Texas Book Festival

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Interviews and Reviews

Fiction

Essays

The Writerly Life

A glowing review of #guatemalan #rhapsody in @publisherswkly today! 7 weeks to pub date. 💛💛💛
An honor to be on here with so many wonderful authors. #guatemalan #rhapsody in the #millions
This year, I plan on reading 52 books. 2 for each letter of the alphabet by author’s last name. So, if you have any suggestions for authors whose last name begins with an “X,” let me know. Swipe to see first book of this year!
Here’s a post instead of a story. An interview I did with @publisherswkly for “Writers to Watch: Spring 2025.” Honored to be included here with all of these other amazing writers. Link in bio!
*Unpaid actors* “60 days to launch date.”
Final book of #2024 is by @jonathanblitzer . This should be required reading in every school. So much of this American history was left out of the history books I read throughout my education—from the US involvement in toppling governments in C
Book 51 of this year is a hilarious memoir by @poetrichardblanco . Detailing the life of a first-gen kid (relatable), this book tackles the trials of assimilation, duality, and queerness. #cuba #cocuyos
Book 50 of this year was a wonderful meditation on life, writers, and writing. I feel very fortunate to have met @joanouvelle . Here’s a quote: “There is a saying in French, reculer pour mieux sauter, and it means that the drawing back ma
Book 49 of this year is one of those books you read and never forget. Here’s a short quote: America understands itself as God’s handiwork, but the black body is the clearest evidence that America is the work of men.