Sebastian Castillo

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Sebastian Castillo
Born
Caracas, Venezuela
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]

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Early life and education

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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Sebastian Castillo". Poets & Writers. July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Review | The narrator of this novel is trained in — and ruined by — philosophy". The Washington Post. July 26, 2025. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  3. ↑ "'Fresh, Green Life' by Sebastian Castillo". Los Angeles Review of Books. May 28, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  4. ↑ Alpern, Emma; Vojdani, Jasmine (June 2, 2025). "8 New Books You Should Read This June". Vulture. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Sebastian Castillo's Book Notes music playlist for his novel Fresh, Green Life". largeheartedboy.com. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Fresh, Green Life: A Novel | WORD". wordbookstores.com. June 24, 2025. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Manhattan University Celebrates Distinguished Alumnus and Acclaimed Novelist Sebastian Castillo '11". Manhattan University. Manhattan University. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Hecho En Venezuela: The Private Poetics of Narrative, Memory, and Lies". Electric Literature. May 17, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  9. ↑ "SALMON". JOYLAND PUBLISHING. April 28, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Local Favorite by Sebastian Castillo". NY Tyrant. August 24, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  11. ↑ "The Secret to Getting Through Big, Dense, Difficult Books". November 18, 2025. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Interview with Sebastian Castillo". The Journal. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  13. ↑ Sovinski, Theodore (July 31, 2025). "Vow of Silence: On Sebastian Castillo's 'Fresh, Green Life'". Cleveland Review of Books. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Sebastian Castillo's "Fresh, Green Life"". Los Angeles Review of Books. July 25, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  15. ↑ Wayne, Teddy (June 10, 2025). "Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers". Literary Hub. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Nothing Impossible Happens". The Oxonian Review. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Recommended Books: November 2025". Vol. 1 Brooklyn. November 13, 2025. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
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