Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • The Millions

    ‘Ordinary Girls’: Featured Nonfiction by Jaquira Díaz

    by Editor Oct 29, 2019 4 minutes

    In today’s edition of featured nonfiction—curated by our own Carolyn Quimby—we present an excerpt from Jaquira Díaz’s memoir, Ordinary Girls, out today from Algonquin Books.

    Here’s what our own Nick Moran had to say about the book in the Second Half Preview:

    In her debut memoir, Jaquira Díaz mines her experiences growing up in Puerto Rico and Miami, grappling with traumas both personal and international, and over time converts them into something approaching hope and self-assurance. For years, Díaz has dazzled in shorter formats—stories, essays, etc.—and her entrée into longer lengths is very welcome.

    Beach City 

    I.

    One August afternoon, the year we started

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from The Millions

    The Millions6 min read
    Against ‘Latin American Literature’
    The classification of “Latin American literature” puts both Anglophone and Hispanophone writers in a double bind. The post Against ‘Latin American Literature’ appeared first on The Millions.
    The Millions5 min read
    Lilly Dancyger Is Rethinking the Ethics of Memoir
    "I do think that we, as writers, owe things to the people in our lives that we care about." The post Lilly Dancyger Is Rethinking the Ethics of Memoir appeared first on The Millions.
    The Millions2 min read
    Cover Reveal: ‘Yr Dead’ by Sam Sax
    We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for Sam Sax‘s forthcoming debut novel Yr Dead, slated for August 6.  Here’s a bit about the book, courtesy of McSweeney’s: In between the space of time when Ezra lights themself on fire and when Ezra dies the world

    Related Books & Audiobooks