Sebastian Castillo
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Sebastian Castillo | |
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| Born | |
| Citizenship | Venezuela, United States |
| Education | Temple University (MFA), Manhattan College (BA) |
| Occupations | |
| Employer(s) | Temple University, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania |
| Website | https://sebastian-castillo.com/ |
Sebastian Castillo is a writer and teacher born in Caracas, Venezuela and currently based in Philadelphia, PA.[1][2] His 2025 novel Fresh, Green Life was the 2025 Los Angeles Review of Books Summer Book Club Pick.[3][4][5]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Castillo was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He grew up in Mount Vernon, New York, and later moved to Philadelphia.[6]
He studied English and Philosophy as an undergraduate at Manhattan College and then earned a MFA in Fiction from Temple University[7]. He now teaches, or has taught at, Temple University, the University of Pennsylvania, University of the Arts, and Moore College of Art and Design.
Career
[edit | edit source]Sebastian Castillo has written for publications such as Electric Literature,[8] JOYLAND,[9] the New York Tyrant,[10] and The New York Times.[11] He has been shortlisted for BOMB's Fiction Contest.[12] Castillo's work has been described as autofictional and surrealist.[13][14][15]
In The Oxonian Review, Marie Ungar describes Fresh, Green Life as a "parody of and love letter to academic life" grappling with the "worth of writing and thinking" given economic alienation and existential absurdity.[16]
In 2025, his first book, 49 Venezuelan Novels, was translated into Spanish by the Mexican writer Elisa Díaz Castelo, for La barba metafísica.[17]
Works
[edit | edit source]- 49 Venezuelan Novels. Bottlecap Press, 2017.
- Not I. Word West, 2020.
- SALMON. Shabby Doll House, 2023.
- The Zoo of Thinking. Smooth Friend, 2024.
- Fresh, Green Life. Soft Skull, 2025.
References
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