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MCC Daily Tribune

Visiting Writer Jaquira Diaz

Creative Arts and MCC's English/Philosophy Department are thrilled to welcome visiting creative nonfiction writer Jaquira Diaz to campus for a virtual workshop this coming Monday, March 1, from 11 to 11:50 AM. All are welcome! Here is the link: https://monroecommunity.zoom.us/j/86446709922.

Jaquira Díaz was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Miami. She is the author of Ordinary Girls: A Memoir, winner of a Whiting Award, a Florida Book Awards Gold Medal, and a Lambda Literary Awards finalist. Ordinary Girls was a Summer/Fall 2019 Indies Introduce Selection, a Fall 2019 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Notable Selection, a November 2019 Indie Next Pick, and a Library Reads October pick. Díaz's work has been published in The GuardianTime MagazineConde Nast Traveler, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and The Best American Essays 2016, among other publications. Her second book, I Am Deliberate: A Novel, is forthcoming from Algonquin Books. She splits her time between Montréal and Miami Beach, with her partner, the writer Lars Horn. 

Diaz also has pre-recorded a reading from her work, to be made available to all interested MCC students and faculty. Here is the link: Jaquira Díaz - reading from Ordinary Girls (suny.edu). A poster with all details is attached.

Please contact Maria Brandt at mbrandt@monroecc.edu with any questions!

Attached Files:
Creative Nonfiction Writer Jaquira Díaz Poster.pdf

Maria Brandt
English/Philosophy and Creative Arts
02/23/2021