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Island Man
Island Man
Island Man
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  • ESTABLISHED NOVELIST Joanne Skerrett is the author of five novels! 
  • DOMINICAN AMERICAN author, Joanne Skerett, tackles family heritage, generational trauma, and the fraught relationship between father and son in Island Man 
  • ESTABLISHED LITERARY COMMUNITY MEMBER Skerett has worked for several newspapers including the Boston Globe and Chicago Tribune
  • UNIVERSAL THEMES of love and family
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRed Hen Press
Release dateAug 1, 2023
ISBN9781636281315
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Joanne Skerrett

Joanne Skerrett is the author of several novels, including Abraham’s Treasure, a finalist for the CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Literature in 2011. She has worked as an editor for the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, and Raleigh News & Observer and is a candidate for the MA in writing from Johns Hopkins University. Her recent work has appeared in Spellbinder literary magazine, where she won the prize for fiction in 2021, and in Rebel Women Lit. She lives in Washington, DC. 

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