A chapbook of three short fiction stories dealing with language, identity, and Cuban-Americanness. These stories explore the in between space of a hyphenated identity.
Jarod Roselló is a Cuban American writer, cartoonist, and teacher. He is the author of the award-winning middle-grade graphic novel series Red Panda & Moon Bear, and the early reader graphic novel series, Super Magic Boy, from Random House Graphic.
His debut graphic novel, The Well-Dressed Bear Will (Never) be Found, was a 2015 Honorable Mention in the Publishers Weekly Graphic Novel Critics Poll, and his chapbook, The Star, was the winner of the 2015 Epiphany Magazine chapbook contest for graphic literature.
His short comics and fiction have been published in PEN America, Hayden's Ferry Review, Sonora Review, Hobart, The Rumpus, The Collagist, and Barrelhouse. His arts-based and educational research has been published in Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, Bank Street Occasional Papers, and International Review of Qualitative Research.
Jarod holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction, both from The Pennsylvania State University. Originally from Miami, he now lives in Tampa, Florida, with his wife, kids, and dogs, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of South Florida.