Description: Junkette is the story of Claire Cunningham, a woman navigating disasters— natural and of her own making. Claire is a bartender in pre-Katrina New Orleans, a college graduate whose heroin addiction parallels the swirling fortunes of her sinking city.
Sarah Shotland is the author of Junkette (White Gorilla Press 2014).
Sarah Shotland
Sarah Shotland is a literary artist, educator, and citizen. She is the author of the novel Junkette , and a playwright whose work has been performed in professional theaters around the world. She’s the co-founder and program director of Words Without Walls , which brings creative writing classes to jails, prisons, and drug treatment centers. Her work has been funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Heinz Endowments, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Staunton Family