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Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. She is the author of six novels, three books of nonfiction, three collections of poetry, and eleven books for children and young adults. In the Time of the Butterflies, with over a million copies in print, was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its national Big Read Program, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National Medal of Arts. Afterlife, a new novel, and Already a Butterfly, a new picture book for young readers, were published in 2020. Visit her at juliaalvarez.com.


How Jean Rhys Longed for an Island of Stability

Julia Alvarez on Voyage in the Dark
November 18, 2020  By Julia Alvarez
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Three Liberties:
Past, Present, Yet to Come

A Poem by Julia Alvarez
July 2, 2020  By Julia Alvarez
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Stand With Us at the 2019 Border of Lights Virtual Vigil

Julia Alvarez Commemorates the Victims of the 1937 Haitian-Dominican Republic Massacre
October 4, 2019  By Julia Alvarez
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Gloria Naylor: Mama Day, Mama Night, Bigger than Life

Julia Alvarez Remembers the Author of The Women of Brewster Place
October 5, 2016  By Julia Alvarez
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