Fellow Spotlight | 2023 MacArthur Fellow Manuel Muñoz @macfound

Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

In our Fellow Spotlight series, we share excerpts from our interview with 2023 MacArthur Fellow Manuel Muñoz and learn more about his approach to storytelling.

Manuel Muñoz is a fiction writer rendering with empathy and vivid detail the multifaceted lives of Mexican American communities in California’s Central Valley.

The MacArthur Fellowship is a $800,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more

Fellow Spotlight | 2023 MacArthur Fellow Manuel Muñoz

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