Jared Lemus

Education

B.A. Psychology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

M.F.A Fiction Writing, University of Pittsburgh 

Academic Summary

Jared Lemus is a Guatemalan-American author and winner of the 2026 PEN America/Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut short story collection for his book, Guatemalan Rhapsody. His stories have appeared in The Atlantic, The Kenyon Review, Story, and elsewhere, and his debut novel, Magic in the Land of Eternal Spring, is forthcoming with Ecco-HarperCollins in the Spring of ’27. He holds an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh and has been the Kenan Visiting Writer at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Books

• Magic in the Land of Eternal Spring, forthcoming spring 2027
• Guatemalan Rhapsody: Stories, March 2025

Select Publications

• "Whistle While You Work," The Arkansas Times, January 2026
• "Saint Dismas," The Atlantic, April 2024
• "A Sort of True, but Mainly not Origin and Love Story," The Kenyon Review, January 2019