john murillo
"...because I know I was born to wear out at least one hundred angels" --Yusef Komunyakaa"

Male
37 years old
BRONX, New York
United States



Last Login: 11/21/2008
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    john murillo's Interests
General weight liftin' and book learnin'; salsa; classic hip hop, theatre, travel, latin jazz and jazz history; and thelma from good times.
Music marvin gaye! curtis mayfield, donny hathaway, prince, black michael jackson, rick james, melle mel, the isley brothers, fela kuti, mongo santamaria, big daddy kane, rakim, krs-one, susana baca, miles davis, trane, common, mos def, talib kweli (sometimes), lakeside, cameo, the gap band, santana, quasimoto, michael frante, welfare poets, la bruja, immortal technique, rage against the machine (with zack), mf doom, oscar brown jr., pharoahe monch, planet asia, nas, big pun, eminem
Moviesthe mack! il postino, the matrix, motorcycle diaries, house of flying daggers, training day, wildstyle, sankofa, shaft (gordon parks NOT john singleton), the great debaters, dead presidents, american me, black orpheus, quilombo, menace II society, boys n' the hood, malcolm x, the battle of algiers, napoleon dynamite, tsotsi, beat street, breakin', short eyes, pinero
Televisionwhat's happening, good times, sanford and son, the best of soul train, yo! mtv raps (with fab 5 freddy, not ed lover and dr. dre), the bridge, old school bugs bunny cartoons, IFL Fight League
Books soul on ice, by eldridge cleaver; the autobiography of malcolm x; 100 years of solitude, by gabriel garcia marquez; breaking the alabaster jar, by li-young lee; rose, by li-young lee; of water and spirit, by patrice malidoma some; leaves of grass, by walt whitman; howl, by allen ginsberg; the book of embraces, by eduardo galeano; the essential etheridge knight; dancing in odessa, by ilya kaminsky; leadbelly, by tyehimba jess; alabanza, by martin espada; against which, by ross gay; my american kundiman, by patrick rosal; love's skin, by brandon d. johnson; the wretched of the earth, by frantz fanon; the brief wondrous life of oscar wao, and drown, both by junot diaz; the ecstatic, by victor lavalle; the west and the rest of us, by chinweizu; the spook who sat by the door, by sam greenlee; selected odes, by pablo neruda; the gathering of my name, by cornelius eady; conversations with god, by donald walsch, siddartha, by herman hesse; farenheit 451, by ray bradbury; necessary illusions, by noam chomsky; a poet in new york, by federico garcia lorca; the destruction of black civilization, by chancellor williams; everything by john henrik clarke, dr. yosef a.a. ben-yochannen, cheik anta diop, and john g. jackson; solitudes crowded with loneliness, by bob kaufman...hell, i could be here all night
Heroeswith whatever shortcomings, idiosyncracies, and contradictions intact: malcolm x, sonia sanchez, audre lorde, pablo neruda, etheridge knight, eldridge cleaver, kwame ture, martin espada, august wilson, harold pinter, walt whitman, gordon parks, paul robeson, che guevarra, fidel castro, marvin gaye, james baldwin, jose marti, subcomandante marcos, big daddy kane, afrika bambataa, gwendolyn brooks, frantz fanon, haile gerima, james brown, kwame ture, brother tehuti, dr. ben, john henrik clarke, imhotep, and iceberg slim

     john murillo's Details
Status:In a Relationship
Here for:Networking, Friends
Orientation:Straight
Hometown:LA by way of DC (or is it DC by way of LA?)
Zodiac Sign:Virgo
Children:Someday
Education:Grad / professional school
Occupation:poet/playwright



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About me:
John Murillo is an Afro-Chicano poet and playwright. A graduate of New York University's MFA program in creative writing and recent fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, his poetry has appeared in such publications as Ploughshares, Ninth Letter, Lumina, and the anthology, DC Poets Against the War. He is a two time Larry Neal Writers' Award winner, a former New York Times Poetry Fellow, Cave Canem alum, and a 2008 Pushcart Prize nominee. this layout is from whateverlife.com!
Who I'd like to meet:
august wilson. pablo neruda. federico garcia lorca.

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Ari Ankh Neferet





Sep 29 2008 2:50 AM

loveu:)
yana





Sep 7 2008 5:37 AM

how's chi-town treatin my favorite poet?
Nonijuice





Sep 15 2008 1:58 PM

John! i miss u. i hope everything's going good with u.
holla atcha girl! (btw cool mo dee!! i was dancin to ur page)
Remember...I forgive, but never forget_Jennifer





Sep 5 2008 10:37 PM

HAPPY BE-LATED BIRTHDAY JOHN!
LOVE, JENNIFER
Jenetter (Jay/Serwa)





Sep 3 2008 4:14 AM

Peace bro...Cumpleanos Feliz...Faraha Kuziliwa...Love ya!!
Foxxy Loxxy





Sep 3 2008 4:18 AM

happy solar return of your birth year!!
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~j





Sep 3 2008 7:06 AM

felicidades!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 37 years young... i hope you have a good day, better than great.
I LOVE YOU!!
Love heals all...





Sep 3 2008 2:23 PM

Hi John - Peace and blessings on your special day. Muchas bendiciones hoy y siempre y que cumplas muchos mas. Un abrazo bien fuerte - donna

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Talya





Sep 3 2008 4:11 PM

Happy Birthday!
Ari Ankh Neferet





Sep 3 2008 4:56 PM

Happy Born Day Beloved:)
Love your guts:)
Krista Franklin





Sep 3 2008 6:07 PM

Happy Birthday!!!!!
Ben





Sep 4 2008 12:02 AM

John ! happy birthday. Keep making it beautiful in that corner of the universe where you are assigned to be.
Photobucketpeace, Ben Stock of Brainpower xoxoxox
world is now a better place





Aug 30 2008 12:57 PM

Disfruta el dia de tu Santo - up to the fullest baby! You look guuuuuuuooood for 37!
J9





Sep 1 2008 5:29 AM

I miss you SO MUCH! Are you in Chicago already?
just ME*C





Sep 2 2008 4:48 AM

OK !!! that song just took me back to when we were lil!!! lol... WOW! just wanted to say hello and wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY...i know it's early, but i won't remember to do it on wednesday! thinking of you ~*~mec~*~
Poeta: Deanna Nikaido





Sep 2 2008 11:39 AM

Happy Beautiful Birthday John! Enjoy! I'm sorry to have missed you when you were down this way, hope to see you sometime again soon.
Ari Ankh Neferet





Aug 18 2008 3:16 PM

love love love you.
santagati.





Aug 7 2008 6:03 AM

damn, son, why you hatin'? lol

drop me a line with your email in it, I got this thing I wanna invite you to. since you're in NY now and all.
Tara





Jul 27 2008 4:15 PM

Hey bruh,
thanks for the Kool Moe Dee throwback! I'll be back in NY soon. Would love to see you and Ms. D.
Laura Cheadle





Jul 10 2008 3:18 AM

Hiya John,

Hope your summer is going funktastically!! Wanted to let you know about my upcoming show taking place next weekend:

Saturday, July 19th @ The Bitter End
Show starts at 8:30 PM sharp; I'd try to get there 8-8:15 for a seat
18+; $7

147 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and LaGuardia)
New York City, NY 10012
http://www. bitterend. com/

If you’re interested and want another reminder the day before the show, let me know.

Funkily Yours,
Laura :)
~j





Jul 1 2008 4:10 PM

hey,
last week was fun right? it was good to see you after so long. did you see the pictures i posted? and check out the new video on my page!
peace
The Trinity





Jun 27 2008 10:31 PM

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NINA ANGELA*7RMNC*





Jun 22 2008 9:55 PM

some wicked change jus slid out from under night's skirt ...
J9





Jun 8 2008 11:04 PM

Come to SoCal already!
yana





Jun 5 2008 1:55 AM

donde estas, señor murillo?
me debes un almuerzo...
Yasmin Hernandez





May 22 2008 10:56 PM

Ok, so you got the trick! Add some old school, crazy classic joint like din da da to your page and keep the visitors coming! Good job,
Hope you're well.
Many blessings to you and yours,YasminObatala, Yasmin Hernandez
Cristina





May 20 2008 12:22 AM

Don't Frown
Comment Graphics and Myspace Layouts at pYzam. com

Ari Ankh Neferet





May 20 2008 12:55 PM

singing, "where is the luuuu-uvvvvvv??? Where is the lu-uuuuuv!"
~j





May 13 2008 4:05 AM

HI... ummm can i like, be on your like top 45 or whatever it is, now??

Abrazos!!
MISTA MALUNGU





May 1 2008 11:48 PM

greetings to the man from azatlan
how's it goin?
Sue