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Jaquira Diaz

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Jaquira Díaz was born in Puerto Rico. Her work has been published in Rolling Stone, the Guardian, Longreads, The Fader, and T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and included in The Best American Essays 2016.  She is the recipient of the 2019 Whiting Award in Nonfiction for “Ordinary Girls,” two Pushcart Prizes, an Elizabeth George Foundation grant, and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Kenyon Review, and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. She lives in Miami Beach with her partner, the writer Lars Horn. Things Discussed:  Growing up in Puerto Rico  Coming out to a Catholic family  The tensions between the white and black sides of her family during childhood  The silence around sexual violence  Ethnic and racial identity - What am I?  Practicing Catholicism and being gay  Even the hardest family stories can give us strength  The publishing industry  Racism and learning to understand one another   Resources: Jaquira’s new memoir, “Ordinary Girls”  Jaquira on Instagram Jaquira’s website Bella Figura website Dolores on Instagram

Jaquira Díaz was born in Puerto Rico. Her work has been published in Rolling Stone, the Guardian, Longreads, The Fader, and T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and included in The Best American Essays 2016.  She is the recipient of the 2019 Whiting Award in Nonfiction for “Ordinary Girls,” two Pushcart Prizes, an Elizabeth George Foundation grant, and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Kenyon Review, and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. She lives in Miami Beach with her partner, the writer Lars Horn. Things Discussed: <ul> <li>Growing up in Puerto Rico </li> <li>Coming out to a Catholic family </li> <li>The tensions between the white and black sides of her family during childhood </li> <li>The silence around sexual violence </li> <li>Ethnic and racial identity - What am I? </li> <li>Practicing Catholicism and being gay </li> <li>Even the hardest family stories can give us strength </li> <li>The publishing industry </li> <li>Racism and learning to understand one another </li> </ul> Resources: Jaquira’s new memoir,<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ordinary-Girls-Memoir-Jaquira-D%C3%ADaz-ebook/dp/B07NMSLVW7/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=ordinary+girls&amp;qid=1599744913&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> “Ordinary Girls” </a> Jaquira on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jaquiradiaz/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="http://www.jaquiradiaz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jaquira’s website</a> <a href="http://bellafigurapodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bella Figura website</a> Dolores on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dolores_alfieri_taranto/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>

The Extraordinary: Jaquira Diaz on Identity, Forgiveness & Mining Gold from Troubled Stories

On this edition of The PEN Pod, we talk with author of ORDINARY GIRLS: A MEMOIR Jaquira Diaz. She highlights how the stories of Black and Brown girls, especially those of color, were so hard to come by in her childhood, and the erasure of Black Puerto Ricans in the historical memory. Then, John Bolton is sued by the White House.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/penamerica/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/penamerica/support

On this edition of The PEN Pod, we talk with author of ORDINARY GIRLS: A MEMOIR Jaquira Diaz. She highlights how the stories of Black and Brown girls, especially those of color, were so hard to come by in her childhood, and the erasure of Black Puerto Ricans in the historical memory. Then, John Bolton is sued by the White House. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/penamerica/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/penamerica/message</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/penamerica/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/penamerica/support</a>

Episode 65: The Importance of Memory with Jaquira Diaz

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Episode 20 - How Jaquira Diaz Writes

MFB 19 ORDINARY GIRLS A MEMOIR - JAQUIRA DIAZ