(Colagrande, J.J.) J.J. Colagrande is a Miami-based writer and Professor of English at Miami Dade College. He received his MFA at Florida International University. Colagrande is the author of two previous novels, Headz y Decò, and is the Founding Editor of Jitney Books, a Miami-based micro-publishing company. His new novel, Reduce Heat Continue To Boil (Jitney Books) is flush with details and subplots, including a glimpse into the stripper world, a journey to a music festival, a horrible accident, an encounter with a super-star basketball player, and a lethal hurricane. Jimena Quintero is anxious, beautiful and filled with wanderlust. Stuck in a cubicle, trapped in a crumbling marriage, she’s haunted by her childhood and family secrets. That is until she meets Alex Lane, a local Wynwood bar owner. The characters must overcome more than most millennials will ever face or they’ll lose their sanity, heart and the city they love to hate, Miami.