Herman (Hache) Carrillo

Herman G. Carrillo is a visiting professor at Knox from Cornell University. He is the author of the book Loosing my Espanish. He has his students call him "Hache" so as to avoid having his first name pronounced the English way, "Hache" being how to pronounce the letter "H" in Spanish.

Hache lives with Gina Franco, his absolute-bestest friend at Knox. If he has to reference something in Knox during class, chances are he'll tell you "just ask Gina" to verify his story.

Hache has lived a very long life, doing everything from working as a concert pianist to being a captain at a fancy-shmancy restaurant in Chicago. Ask him about the Sugarmans.

If he calls your work "clever," you better re-write, but if your work is "smart" you're doing good. His favorite question to ask his creative writing students is "What does it do?" The question will be repeated over and over with a thickening accent if a prompt reply is not received. A prompt reply is never received, a sign of the fact one-third of every lecture is entirely incomprehensible literary jargon, one-third is personal stories and ancedotes (which may or may not relate to the topic on hand), and one-third is understandable, brilliant stuff that crafts his students into happy and hard working writers.

Currently, he is hoping that Campus Safety will arrest him.