Miguel Castillo Jr Non-Member Joined 2025

Writing from the wrong side of the tracks!

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Miguel A. Castillo Jr. is a Dominican American writer, Marine Corps veteran, former NYPD officer, amateur boxer, and boxing coach. Born and raised in New York City, his writing explores masculinity, race, class, identity, incarceration, fatherhood, and the complicated business of being human.

He earned his MFA in Creative Writing from New York University, where he was a Goldwater Fellow, and is completing a second MFA in Screenwriting at Manhattanville University. His work draws heavily from a life spent on both sides of the law, inside boxing rings, military barracks, prison cells, and classrooms.

He is currently working on his memoir, The Rogue's Gallery, a story about loyalty, betrayal, redemption, and the consequences of the choices we make. He lives in New York with his wife and children, where he continues to write, teach boxing, and occasionally get punched in the face.

Location:

NY

Birthdate:

17 November (48 years old)

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