JAQUIRA DÍAZ

Jaquira Díaz Awarded Reynolds Price Prize in Fiction

9/15/2017

Salem College's Center for Women Writers has announced the 2017 International Literary Award recipients, including Jaquira Díaz, winner of the Reynolds Price Prize in Fiction.. Read announcement here.

Jaquira Díaz Finalist for The Essay Prize

2/1/2017

Jaquira Díaz is a finalist for 2016 The Essay Prize. Check out other finalists here.

Cosmonauts Avenue: Tiny Spills

10/6/2016

Cosmonauts Avenue asked me a bunch of personal questions for Tiny Spills! Check it out.

The Rumpus: VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color

8/22/2016

On The Rumpus, I talk to Deesha Philyaw about writing memoir.

Jaquira Díaz Interview in the Kenyon Review Online

5/17/2016

In The Kenyon Review Conversations, Jaquira Díaz discusses "Ordinary Girls," writing about suicide, and mental illness.

Interview in Origins Journal

4/1/2016

In Origins Journal: I talk to Jennifer Maritza McCauley about stories, coming from the Puerto Rican projects, and the lack of diversity in publishing, among other things.

The Millions: A Year in Reading

12/15/2015

In which I discuss my reading during 2015.

Jaquira Díaz interviews Amina Gautier in the LARB

11/26/2015

"When Much Is at Stake," an interview with Amina Gautier, author of NOW WE WILL BE HAPPY, in the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Kenyon Review Online's "Why We Chose It"

11/5/2015

Read Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky's moving review of "Ordinary Girls" in the Kenyon Review Online's "Why We Chose It."

15 Views on The New Tropic

9/28/2015

15 Views of Miami and editor Jaquira Díaz featured in The New Tropic.

Write A House Announces 10 Finalists for Free Home in Detroit

8/20/2015

Jaquira Díaz is among the 10 finalists for Write A House's second home. Read more about the program here.

The Common

7/31/2015

Jaquira talks Miami Beach history, food, and fire dancers on The Common's "Ask a Local."

USpeak Hosts Miami Author Jaquira Díaz

2/23/2015

The Miami Hurricane on Jaquira's reading at USPeak.

On Culture Designers

1/30/2015

On Culture Designers, Jaquira talks to John Hood, Our Man in Miami.

15 VIEWS OF MIAMI in The Miami Herald

1/16/2015

15 Views of Miami gets a fantastic write-up by Connie Ogle in The Miami Herald.

The Drunken Odyssey

12/15/2014

Check out Jaquira on Episode 130 of The Drunken Odyssey, a podcast about the writing life.

The "Only in Miami Show"

11/17/2014

Listen to Jaquira Díaz and Evelina Galang discuss 15 Views of Miami on the "Only in Miami" radio show.

Las Damas: The New Generation of Latina Writers

3/5/2014

On the Ploughshares blog, Daniel Peña discusses the new generation of Latina writers, and has some very nice things to say about my story on Salon.

Kenyon Review Online's "Why We Chose It"

1/5/2014

In The Kenyon Review Online's "Why We Chose It," editor David Lynn praises Jaquira's short story, "Ghosts." Also, listen to "Ghosts" read by the author.

Interview with The Kenyon Review

12/15/2013

The Kenyon Review interviews Jaquira as part of The KR Conversations.

The Review Review

10/1/2012

Check out the fabulous interview with The Southern Review's Cara Blue Adams, in which she discusses Jeanne Leiby's legacy, gender and publishing, and Jaquira's story, "Section 8."