
Poetry As A Passport
The story of the only undocumented writer to graduate from the University of Michigan’s MFA program.
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, and is a Canto Mundo fellow, a Zell post-graduate fellow and the first undocumented student to graduate from the University of Michigan’s MFA program. He’s a Pushcart nominee and has received fellowships to attend the Squaw Writer’s Workshop, and the Vermont Studio Center. Recent work can be found in Jubilat, New England Review, The Paris American, and Drunken Boat, among others.
The story of the only undocumented writer to graduate from the University of Michigan’s MFA program.