Santiago Jose Sanchez

(they/them/theirs)

  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Areas of Study

Biography

Santiago Jose Sanchez is a queer Colombian American writer and artist. Their stories have been published in McSweeney's, ZYZZYVA, Subtropics, and Joyland. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Yale University and former professor at Grinnell College, Sanchez now teaches fiction at Oberlin College. Hombrecito, their debut novel, is now out from Riverhead.

Fall 2024

Introduction to Fiction Writing — CRWR 120
Character and Craft — CRWR 233
Practicum — CRWR 485

Spring 2025

Introduction to Fiction Writing — CRWR 120
Character and Craft — CRWR 233
Experiments in Narrative Fiction — CRWR 323