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After graduating from high school in 1971, Jarmusch moved to Chicago and enrolled in the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

After being asked to leave due to neglecting to take any journalism courses – Jarmusch favored literature and art history – he transferred to Columbia University the following year, with the intention of becoming a poet.

At Columbia, he studied English and American literature under professors including New York School avant garde poets Kenneth Koch and David Shapiro.

At Columbia he began to write short " semi-narrative abstract pieces ", and edited the undergraduate literary journal The Columbia Review.