Discover the life and work of Julia Alvarez, one of America's most celebrated Latina writers. Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined is a documentary film about the life and work of Julia Alvarez, one of ...

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Mattel is adding new Barbie dolls to its collection. The company announced Barbie dolls for these two one-of-a-kind role models: The Cuban Queen of Salsa, the late ...

For a moment, best-selling novelist Julia Alvarez sounded abashed. She was being interviewed by National Public Radio’s Scott Simon on April 4, 2020, about her new novel, Afterlife. “I’ve got to say ...

LAWRENCE — Dominican-American writer Julia Alvarez told a capacity crowd at Northern Essex Community College about our need to establish connections by telling and listening to each others’ stories.

Find a book excerpt here. We revisit Deepa Fernandes' April 2024 conversation with Julia Alvarez about her novel "The Cemetery of Untold Stories." The book centers around Alma, a prolific author who ...

At a recent political protest in Vergennes, Julia Alvarez took special note of the handmade signs. “I love the creativity of some of the signs,” the Weybridge writer said, “the sense of driving home a ...

In this book the author talks about three of her most personal relationships, with her parents, with her husband, and with a young Haitian boy known as Piti. A teenager when she and her husband, Bill, ...

August 21, 2021 • The author discusses her collection, The Woman I Kept to Myself, in which she explores the many facets of her identity, from the girl who reads poetry to herself at night to the ...

The quinceañera, the fifteenth birthday celebration for a Latina girl, is quickly becoming an American event. This legendary party is a sight to behold: lavish ball gowns, extravagant catered meals, ...