Juan J. Morales

About The Author

Juan J. Morales is an assistant professor of English at Colorado College. He is the author of three other books of poetry, including The Handyman’s Guide to End Times: Poems (UNM Press). He lives in Pueblo, Colorado.

Series by the Author

Books by Juan J. Morales

Dream of the Bird Tattoo

Poems and Sueñitos

By Juan J. Morales
Winner of the 2026 Reading the West Award for Poetry

From the author of The Handyman's Guide to End Times comes a new poetry collection celebrating the life and grieving the death of Morales's father.
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The Handyman's Guide to End Times

Poems

By Juan J. Morales
In Morales’s newest collection, an imagined zombie apocalypse intertwines with personal narrative. From zombie dating to the sin of popcorn ceilings, these poems investigate the nature of impermanence while celebrating the complexities of life.
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