Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez was born in 1950, Julia Alvarez has written at least 40 books. Their most popular book is In the Time of the Butterflies with 130 saves with an average rating of 3.9⭐.

Author Bio

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. She has taught and mentored writers in schools and communities across America and, until her retirement in 2016, was a writer-in-residence at Middlebury College. Her work has garnered wide recognition, including a Latina Leader Award in Literature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, the Woman of the Year by Latina magazine, and inclusion in the New York Public Library’s program “The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez.”

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In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies
  • Julia Alvarez
3.956 reads
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
  • Julia Alvarez
4.1315 reads
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
  • Julia Alvarez
3.2840 reads
Afterlife
Afterlife
  • Julia Alvarez
3.4516 reads
Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories
Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories
  • Chantel Acevedo
  • Courtney Alameda
  • Ann Dávila Cardinal
  • Gabriela Martins
  • Racquel Marie
  • Maika Moulite
  • Maritza Moulite
  • Claribel A. Ortega
  • Lilliam Rivera
  • Jenny Torres Sanchez
  • Alexandra Villasante
  • Ari Tison
  • Julia Alvarez
  • M. García Peña
  • David Bowles
3.336 reads
Before We Were Free
Before We Were Free
  • Julia Alvarez
4.139 reads
Yo!
Yo!
  • Julia Alvarez
3.87 reads
In the Name of Salome
In the Name of Salome
  • Julia Alvarez
3.56 reads
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales
  • Terri Windling
  • Deborah Eisenberg
  • Maria Flook
  • Patricia Foster
  • Vivian Gornick
  • Lucy Grealy
  • bell hooks
  • Fanny Howe
  • Fern Kupfer
  • Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Carole Maso
  • Alice Adams
  • Jane Miller
  • Lydia Millet
  • Connie Rose Porter
  • Francine Prose
  • Joyce Carol Oates
  • Linda Gray Sexton
  • Midori Snyder
  • Fay Weldon
  • Joy Williams
  • Julia Alvarez
  • Margaret Atwood
  • Ann Beattie
  • Rosellen Brown
  • A.S. Byatt
  • Kathryn Davis
  • Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
00 reads
Saving the World
Saving the World
  • Julia Alvarez
33 reads
Finding Miracles
Finding Miracles
  • Julia Alvarez
3.25 reads
Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz: Selected Works
Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz: Selected Works
  • Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
12 reads
Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation
Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation
    52 reads
    The Secret Footprints
    The Secret Footprints
    • Julia Alvarez
    53 reads
    Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA
    Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA
    • Julia Alvarez
    32 reads
    Return to Sender
    Return to Sender
    • Julia Alvarez
    • Ozzie Rodriguez
    • Olivia Preciado
    3.52 reads
    Something to Declare: Essays
    Something to Declare: Essays
    • Julia Alvarez
    01 read
    Resistencia: Poems of Protest and Revolution
    Resistencia: Poems of Protest and Revolution
    • Gabriela Mistral
    • César Vallejo
    • Alfonsina Storni
    • Carlos Drummond de Andrade
    • Nicolás Guillén
    • Pablo Neruda
    • Miguel Otero Silva
    • Raquel Verdesoto de Romo Dávila
    • José María Arguedas
    • Léon-Gontran Damas
    • Óscar Cerruto
    • Aimé Césaire
    • Julia de Burgos
    • Mario Benedetti
    • Idea Vilariño
    • Rosario Castellanos
    • Nicomedes Santa Cruz
    • Ernesto Cardenal
    • René Depestre
    • Raquel Jodorowsky
    • Roberto Sosa
    • Víctor Jara
    • Roque Dalton
    • Ana María Rodas
    • Bertalicia Peralta
    • José Emilio Pacheco
    • Pedro Shimose
    • Nancy Morejón
    • Conceição Evaristo
    • Juan Manuel Roca
    • Gioconda Belli
    • Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda
    • José Leonel Rugama
    • Rei Berroa
    • Ernest Pépin
    • Raúl Zurita
    • Daisy Zamora
    • Glauco Mattoso
    • Elicura Chihuailaf
    • Reina María Rodríguez
    • Lourdes Espinola
    • Kyra Galván
    • Nicolas Behr
    • Ana Istarú
    • Brigitte Zacarías Watson
    • Amanda Castro
    • Fernanda García Lao
    • Briceida Cuevas Cob
    • Carlos Aguasaco
    • Negma Coy
    • Teresa Cabrera Espinoza
    • Margarita Losada Vargas
    • NOT A BOOK
    • Javier Zamora
    • Juan Felipe Herrera (Translator)
    • Clayton Eshleman (Translator)
    • Barbara Paschke (Translator)
    • Jessica Powell (Translator)
    • Mark Strand (Translator)
    • Richard Zenith (Translator)
    00 reads
    The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook: A Collection of Stories with Recipes
    The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook: A Collection of Stories with Recipes
      00 reads
      How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
      How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
      • Julia Alvarez
      42 reads
      A Wedding in Haiti
      A Wedding in Haiti
      • Julia Alvarez
      00 reads
      A Gift of Gracias: The Legend of Altagracia
      A Gift of Gracias: The Legend of Altagracia
      • Julia Alvarez
      51 read
      Freeman's: Potere
      Freeman's: Potere
      • Elif Shafak
      • Leïla Sliman
      • Lan Samantha Chang
      • Margaret Atwood
      • Aleksandar Hemon
      • Eula Biss
      • Etgar Keret
      • Nimmi Gowrinathan
      • Tracy K. Smith
      • Aminatta Forna
      • Julia Alvarez
      • Jaime Cortez
      • Nicole Im
      • Barry Lopez
      • Patrick Hilsman
      • Chris Russell
      • Eka Kurniawan
      • Édouard Louis
      • Ben Okri
      • Tahmima Anam
      • Jenni Fagan
      • Josephine Rowe
      • Kanako Nishi
      • David Mitchell
      • Deborah Landau
      • A Yi
      • Damiano Abeni (Translator)
      • Massimiliano Bonatto (Translator)
      • Marina Calvaresi (Translator)
      • Mario A. Galasso (Translator)
      • Umberto Manuini (Translator)
      • Francesca Pellas (Translator)
      • Leonardo Taiuti (Translator)
      00 reads
      The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories
      The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories
      • Ama Ata Aidoo
      • Julia Alvarez
      • Martin Amis
      • Margaret Atwood
      • Russell Banks
      • Julian Barnes
      • Ann Beattie
      • T.C. Boyle
      • Peter Carey
      • Angela Carter
      • Vikram A. Chandra
      • Edwidge Danticat
      • Daniele Del Giudice
      • Junot Díaz
      • Nathan Englander
      • Péter Esterházy
      • Richard Ford
      • Peter Høeg
      • Kazuo Ishiguro
      • Bobbie Ann Mason
      • Ian McEwan
      • Lorrie Moore
      • Murathan Mungan
      • Joyce Carol Oates
      • Ben Okri
      • Amos Oz
      • Salman Rushdie
      • Graham Swift
      • Tobias Wolff
      • Can Xue
      31 read
      A Cafecito Story
      A Cafecito Story
      • Julia Alvarez
      31 read
      Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life
      Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life
      • Mike Winchell
      • Julia Alvarez
      • Karen Cushman
      • Margarita Engle
      • Dee Garretson
      • Nathan Hale
      • Matthew J. Kirby
      • Kate Messner
      • Linda Sue Park
      • Adam Rex
      • Caroline Starr Rose
      • Chris Rylander
      • Gary D. Schmidt
      • Alan Sitomer
      • Heidi Y. Stemple
      • Rita Williams-Garcia
      • Tracy Edward Wymer
      • Lisa Yee
      • Jane Yolen
      • Claire Legrand
      • Grace Lin
      00 reads
      A Cafecito Story: El Cuento del Cafecito
      A Cafecito Story: El Cuento del Cafecito
      • Julia Alvarez
      41 read
      Cemetery of Untold Stories \ Cementerio de las historias no contadas Sp. ed
      Cemetery of Untold Stories \ Cementerio de las historias no contadas Sp. ed
      • Julia Alvarez
      • Mercedes Guhl (Translator)
      00 reads
      The Best American Poetry 2020
      The Best American Poetry 2020
      • Julia Alvarez
      • Brandon Amico
      • Rick Barot
      • Kaveh Bassiri
      00 reads
      In the Time of Butterflies
      In the Time of Butterflies
      • Julia Alvarez
      40 reads
      The Woman I Kept to Myself
      The Woman I Kept to Myself
      • Julia Alvarez
      00 reads
      Homecoming: New and Collected Poems
      Homecoming: New and Collected Poems
      • Julia Alvarez
      00 reads
      What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump
      What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump
        00 reads
        Already a Butterfly: A Meditation Story
        Already a Butterfly: A Meditation Story
        • Julia Alvarez
        31 read
        Something to Declare
        Something to Declare
        • Julia Alvarez
        00 reads
        How Tia Lola Ended Up Starting Over
        How Tia Lola Ended Up Starting Over
        • Julia Alvarez
        00 reads
        How Tia Lola Learned to Teach
        How Tia Lola Learned to Teach
        • Julia Alvarez
        00 reads
        The Other Side / El otro lado
        The Other Side / El otro lado
        • Julia Alvarez
        00 reads
        How Tia Lola Saved the Summer
        How Tia Lola Saved the Summer
        • Julia Alvarez
        00 reads
        Where Do They Go?
        Where Do They Go?
        • Julia Alvarez
        • Rhina P. Espaillat (Translator)
        00 reads
        En el tiempo de las mariposas
        En el tiempo de las mariposas
        • Julia Alvarez
        • Rolando Costa Picazo (Translator)
        00 reads