Redefining Caribbean: A Conversation with Tiphanie Yanique
By Kim Coleman Foote

Boston Globe has identified St. Thomas-born Tiphanie Yanique as one of “16 up-and-comers who might make it big in 2010,” which comes as no surprise. Graywolf Press approached the 20-something Drew University professor with an offer to publish her first short story collection, How to Escape from a Leper Colony: A Novella and Stories, released this March. Before the book’s publication, the stories had already grabbed high honors from the literary Continue reading →