Written Features
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined
American Masters y VOCES presentan documental sobre reconocida escritora Julia Alvarez
La poeta y novelista dominicana-americana Julia Alvarez, emergió en la escena literaria en los años...
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined
Angie Cruz talks Julia Alvarez and the search for Dominican-American identity
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined
Julia Alvarez biography and career timeline
Video Features
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined
How Julia Alvarez was inspired by the working class
Julia Alvarez wrote about the interior lives of working class women.
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined
The true story behind "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents"
Julia Alvarez recounts the day she had to escape from the Dominican Republic with her family.
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined
How Julia Alvarez brought truth to the Mirabal sisters in her novel "In the Time...
Julia Alvarez brought the story of the assassination of the Mirabel sisters to life in her novel.
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined
Julia Alvarez on the female perspective in "In the Time of the Butterflies"
Julia Alvarez wanted to write about dictatorship from a female perspective for her second novel.
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined
How Julia Alvarez conceived the story for her novel "Afterlife"
"Afterlife" was Julia Alvarez's way of "[giving] voice to that landscape of aging."
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined
Explore the story of writer Julia Alvarez, who blazed a trail for a generation of Latino authors.
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