Jennine Capó Crucet


Jennine Capó Crucet is a Cuban-American novelist, and short story writer.

Life

Capó Crucet attended Cornell University where she received a B.A. in English and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies. She also graduated from the University of Minnesota with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. She is currently an Associate Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska.
Her work has appeared in The New York Times.
Capó Crucet is best known for her short story collection How to Leave Hialeah which focuses on her experiences as a Cuban-American woman growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Miami.
For this collection she won the John Gardner Book Award. Her second book, Make Your Home Among Strangers, was released in 2015. This book became the subject of controversy when students at Georgia Southern University burned a copy on a grill after a question and answer session by Crucet.

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