Her work has been published in rolling stone, the guardian, long reads, and the New York Times style magazine. And include in the best american essays 2016. She is the recipient of two push prices and Elizabeth George foundation grant, and fellowships from the mcdowell, the kenyon review and the Wisconsin Institute for creative writing. She lives in miami beach with herer partner. Please give a warm savannah welcome to jaquira diaz. [applause] thank you so much. Im so happy too be here and its wonderful to see all you book levers here, and thank you, savannah, for your southern hospitality. I also want to thank the savannah book festival and everyone who made thisnk event possible, including sponsors, booksellers. Lets give it up for the indie book sellers in the room. [applause] i love you all. Thank you for all that you do for loving books, for championing writers, for supporting ordinary girls. Because of you im here, so thank you. I want to open with just a little piece that opens
Horn. Please give a warm savannah welcome to jaquira diaz. [applause] hi. Thank you so much. Im so happy to be here and its wonderful to see all of you booklovers here and thank youo savannah for your southern hospitality. I also want to thank the savannah book festival and everyone who made thist event possible including sponsors, booksellers. Lets give it up for the indie room. Llers in the [applause] i love you all. Thank you for all that you do for championing writers and supportingng ordinary girls. Because of you i am here so thank you. I want to open with just a little piece that opens the book ordinary girls. It functions kind of like a prologue but not really. Its just a very short section. Girlhood. We were the girls who strolled onto the blacktop on long summer days past the voice on the courts. We were the girls on the merrygoround laughing and laughing and letting the world. Holding on for lives. The girls on the swings throwing our heads back, the wind in our hair. We wer
President yee good afternoon. Welcome to the june 25, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madame clerk, would you please call the roll . Thank you, mr. President. Brown not present. Fewer not present. Haney not present. Mandelman present. M mar present. Peskin present. Ronen present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. President yee . Present. Mr. President , you have to a quorum. President yee thank you. Ladies and gentlemen would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. President yee all right. On behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, michael, maya and kaleno, who record the meetings and make the transcript available to those online. Madame clerk, any communications . There are none to report. President yee today we are approving th
Peskin present. Ronen present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. President yee . Present. Mr. President , you have to a quorum. President yee thank you. Ladies and gentlemen would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. President yee all right. On behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, michael, maya and kaleno, who record the meetings and make the transcript available to those online. Madame clerk, any communications . There are none to report. President yee today we are approving the minutes from the may 21, 2019 board meeting. Are there any changes to these Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Okay. Motion made by supervisor peskin and seconded by supervisor walton. These minutes will be approved after publ
Peskin present. Ronen present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. President yee . Present. Mr. President , you have to a quorum. President yee thank you. Ladies and gentlemen would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. President yee all right. On behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, michael, maya and kaleno, who record the meetings and make the transcript available to those online. Madame clerk, any communications . There are none to report. President yee today we are approving the minutes from the may 21, 2019 board meeting. Are there any changes to these Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented . Okay. Motion made by supervisor peskin and seconded by supervisor walton. These minutes will be approved after publ