Jared Lemus is the author of two works of fiction forthcoming from Ecco: his story collection, Guatemalan Rhapsody, will be published in spring 2025, and his novel will be published in 2027. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Story, Pinch, KROnline, PANK, Cleaver, and Joyland, among others. Lemus holds an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh, where he currently works as a visiting professor of fiction writing.
Fiction
Fall 2024
Caídas
The Kenyon Review · Caidas by Jared Lemus There’s been this American tourist recently, leaving empty water bottles and candy wrappers strewn about the gravel-covered dirt parking lot. Sergio has […]
Nov/Dec 2018
A Sort-of-True, but Mainly Not, Origin and Love Story
My parents are liars. Depending on what day of the week you ask, my parents met in New York, or Guatemala. They had a church wedding, or maybe a courthouse […]