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	"id": "4206854",
	"title": "Writers in the Sun Reading by UCF alum Jaquira Díaz",
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	"description": "\u003Cp\u003EWriters in the Sun Reading with Jaquira D\u0026iacute\u003Baz\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EJoin \u003Cstrong\u003EWriters in the Sun\u003C/strong\u003E for a reading with UCF alum \u003Cstrong\u003EJaquira D\u0026iacute\u003Baz\u003C/strong\u003E, author of the award\u002Dwinning memoir \u003Cem\u003EOrdinary Girls\u003C/em\u003E and the upcoming paperback edition of her novel \u003Cem\u003EThis Is the Only Kingdom\u003C/em\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOrdinary Girls\u003C/em\u003E received a Florida Book Prize, and D\u0026iacute\u003Baz\u0026rsquo\u003Bs work explores themes of identity, family, place and belonging. During her visit, D\u0026iacute\u003Baz will also be interviewed for the Writers in the Sun podcast.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EThe reading is co\u002Dsponsored by Women\u0026rsquo\u003Bs and Gender Studies, CHDR, the Puerto Rico Research Hub and the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Program.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003C/p\u003E",
	"location": "Trevor Colbourn Hall: TCH 325",
	"location_url": "https://www.ucf.edu/location/trevor\u002Dcolbourn\u002Dhall/",
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	"starts": "Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:30:00 -0400",
	"ends": "Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0400",
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	"category": "Speaker/Lecture/Seminar",
	"tags": ["Guest speaker","Department of English","CHDR","Women and Gender Studies","English"],
	"contact_name": "UCF English Department",
	"contact_phone": "407\u002D823\u002D5596",
	"contact_email": "english@ucf.edu",
	"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/event/4206854/writers-in-the-sun-reading-by-ucf-alum-jaquira-diaz/"
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