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“Late Winter Walk,” a Poem by Julia Alvarez

“Late Winter Walk,” a Poem by Julia Alvarez

From the Collection Visitations

By Julia Alvarez | April 7, 2026

Julia Alvarez on Falling in Love with Writing Again

Julia Alvarez on Falling in Love with Writing Again

“Resets are necessary throughout a writing life.”

By Julia Alvarez | April 19, 2024

How Jean Rhys Longed for an Island of Stability

How Jean Rhys Longed for an Island of Stability

Julia Alvarez on Voyage in the Dark

By Julia Alvarez | November 18, 2020

Three Liberties: <br>Past, Present, Yet to Come

Three Liberties:
Past, Present, Yet to Come

A Poem by Julia Alvarez

By Julia Alvarez | July 2, 2020

Stand With Us at the 2019 Border of Lights Virtual Vigil

Stand With Us at the 2019 Border of Lights Virtual Vigil

Julia Alvarez Commemorates the Victims of the 1937 Haitian-Dominican Republic Massacre

By Julia Alvarez | October 4, 2019

Gloria Naylor: Mama Day, Mama Night, Bigger than Life

Gloria Naylor: Mama Day, Mama Night, Bigger than Life

Julia Alvarez Remembers the Author of The Women of Brewster Place

By Julia Alvarez | October 5, 2016

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