Grateful and Funny, Julia Alvarez Has Lived a Life in New PBS Doc
“It’s very hard for a writer to cede the narrative to someone else, especially when they’re going to make you the protagonist,” renowned author Julia Alvarez tells Latina Media Co…
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Q+A With Alyssa Reynoso-Morris, Author of "Plátanos Are Love"
…were the authors who influenced you? ALYSSA REYNOSO-MORRIS: My early influences were Julia Alvarez and Sandra Cisneros. I’m glad there are more now like Tami Charles, Meg Medina, and Angie…
Q+A With Naima Coster, Author of "What's Mine and Yours"
…sense of what a novel could do. The writing of Julia Alvarez was also important to me, especially In the Time of the Butterflies and Before We Were Free. It…
5 Films Based on Epic Moments in Latinx History
…by Julia Alvarez. The movie tells the true story of the Mirabal sisters, three Dominicanas–Patria, Minerva, and Maria Isabel–who stood up to the oppressive, violent Trujillo regime, and ultimately became…
7 Latina Books That Are Getting the Hollywood Treatment
…happened in 2001, with the on-screen film adaptation of Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies. The book by the Dominican author offers a fictional look at the heroic…