[49] Jaquira Díaz, author of Ordinary Girls

“In so many ways, I was a misfit. I was a kid who felt like an alien in her own family.” – Jaquira Díaz

Jaquira Díaz is the author of Ordinary Girls, a Summer/Fall 2019 Indies Introduce Selection, a Fall 2019 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, and a November 2019 Indie Next Pick. Her work has been published in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Fader, and T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and included in The Best American Essays 2016. She splits her time between Montréal and Miami Beach with her partner, the writer Lars Horn.

Connect with Stephanie on Twitter @jaquiradiaz and Instagram @jaquirad or her website https://www.jaquiradiaz.com/.

Jaquira’s book recommendation: In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

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Renee Powers founded Feminist Book Club in 2018 to provide a space for intersectional feminists to learn, grow, and connect. When not reading or running the biz, you can find her drinking coffee and trying unsuccessfully to teach her retired racing greyhound how to fetch. Favorite genres: feminist thrillers, contemporary literary fiction, short stories, and anything that might be described as "irreverent"