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SUMMARY:Jaquira Diaz
DESCRIPTION:Arcadia Books welcomes\n\nJAQUIRA DIAZ\n\nto the\n\nSlowpoke Lounge & Cabaret\n\n137 W. Jefferson Street\, Spring Green\, WI\n\n\n\nAuthor Talk and Book Signing\n\n \n\nOne of the Must-Read Books of 2019 According to:\n\nO: The Oprah Magazine * Time * Bustle * Electric Literature * Publishers Weekly * The Millions\n\n* The Week * Good Housekeeping\n\n\n"There is more life packed on each page of Ordinary Girls than some lives hold in a lifetime." Julia Alvarez \n\n\n\nIn this searing memoir\, Jaquira D az writes fiercely and eloquently of her challenging girlhood and triumphant coming of age. While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach\, D az found herself caught between extremes. As her family split apart and her mother battled schizophrenia\, she was supported by the love of her friends. As she longed for a family and home\, her life was upended by violence. As she celebrated her Puerto Rican culture\, she couldn't find support for her burgeoning sexual identity. From her own struggles with depression and sexual assault to Puerto Rico's history of colonialism\, every page of Ordinary Girls vibrates with music and lyricism. D az writes with raw and refreshing honesty\, triumphantly mapping a way out of despair toward love and hope\, to become her version of the girl she always wanted to be.\n\n\n\nReminiscent of Tara Westover's Educated\, Kiese Laymon's Heavy\, Mary Karr's The Liars' Club\, and Terese Marie Mailhot's Heart Berries\, Jaquira D az's memoir provides a vivid portrait of a life lived in (and beyond) the borders of Puerto Rico and its complicated history and reads as electrically as a novel.\n\n\n\nJaquira D az 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 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.\n\n\n\nRead the review from the New York Times Book Review HERE.\n\nListen to the interview on NPR's Morning Edition HERE.
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Arcadia Books welcomes
\nJAQUIRA DIAZ
\nto the
\nSlowpoke Lounge &\; Cabaret
\n137 W. Jefferson Street\, Spring Green\, WI
\n
\nAuthor Talk and Book Signing
\n \;
\n\nOne of the Must-Read Books of 2019 According to:
\nO: The Oprah Magazine \;* \;Time \;* \;Bustle \;* \;Electric Literature \;* \;Publishers Weekly \;* \;The Millions
\n* \;The Week \;* \;Good Housekeeping
\n
\n&ldquo\;There is more life packed on each page of \;Ordinary Girls \;than some lives hold in a lifetime.&rdquo\; &mdash\;Julia Alvarez \;
\n
\nIn \;this searing memoir\, \;Jaquira Dí\;az writes fiercely and eloquently of her \;challenging girlhood and triumphant coming of age. While growing up in housing projects \;in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach\, Dí\;az found herself caught between extremes. As \;her family split apart and her mother battled \;schizophrenia\, she was supported by \;the love of her friends. As she longed for a family and home\, her life was upended \;by violence. As she celebrated her Puerto Rican \;culture\, she couldn&rsquo\;t find \;support for her burgeoning sexual identity. \;From her own struggles with \;depression and sexual assault to Puerto Rico&rsquo\;s history of colonialism\, \;every \;page of \;Ordinary Girls \;vibrates with music and lyricism. \;Dí\;az \;writes with raw and refreshing honesty\, \;triumphantly mapping a way out of despair toward \;love and \;hope\, to become her version of the girl she always wanted to be.
\n
\nReminiscent of Tara Westover&rsquo\;s \;Educated\, \;Kiese Laymon&rsquo\;s \;Heavy\, Mary \;Karr&rsquo\;s \;The Liars&rsquo\; Club\, and Terese Marie Mailhot&rsquo\;s \;Heart Berries\, \;Jaquira Dí\;az&rsquo\;s \;memoir \;provides a \;vivid portrait of a life lived in (and beyond) the borders of Puerto Rico and \;its complicated history&mdash\;and reads as electrically as a novel.
\n
\nJaquira \;Dí\;az \;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 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.
\n
\nRead the review from the \;New York Times Book Review HERE.
\nListen to the interview on NPR'\;s Morning Edition \;HERE.
LOCATION:Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret 137 W. Jefferson Street Spring Green\, Wisconsin 53588
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