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Thomas, virgin islands, and the author of the story collection how to escape from a leper colony. She also teaches creative writing, currently based at emory university. The story concentrates on the lives of two sisters. In 2010 the national book foundation named her a 5 under 35 honoree. Yanique poignantly captures the very human desires to belong to someone and to have a. A multigenerational novel set in yaniques native land, love and drowning opens just before the u. Tiphanie yanique is the author of how to escape from a leper colony. This video offers an overview of the usvi and tiphanie yaniques novel land of love and drowning. Rona jaffe foundation award winner tiphanie yanique, from st.
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