Julia Alvarez

Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

New York, NY
New York US

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Books:
A Wedding in Haiti: The Story of Friendship (Algonquin Books, 2015)
,
Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA (Penguin, 2007)
,
Finding Miracles (Knopf, 2004)
,
The Woman I Kept to Myself (Algonquin Books, 2004)
,
A Cafecito Story (Chelsea Green, 2001)
,
How Tía Lola Came to Visit Stay (Knopf, 2001)
,
In the Name of Salome (Algonquin Books, 2000)
,
The Secret Footprints (Knopf, 2000)
,
Something to Declare (Algonquin Books, 1998)
,
Something to Declare (Algonquin Books, 1998)
,
The Other Side (Algonquin Books, 1998)
,
Yo! (Algonquin Books, 1997)
,
Homecoming: New and Collected Poems (Plume, 1996)
,
Seven Trees (Algonquin Books, 1996)
,
In the Time of the Butterflies (Algonquin Books, 1995)
,
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Algonquin Books, 1991)

Fiction

Books:
The Tia Lola Stories (4 titles) (Knopf, 2011)
,
Saving the World (Algonquin Books, 2006)
,
Finding Miracles (Knopf, 2004)
,
Before We Were Free (Knopf, 2002)
,
A Cafecito Story (Chelsea Green, 2001)
,
The Secret Footprints (Dragonfly Press, 2001)
,
In the Name of Salomé (Algonquin Books, 2000)
,
Yo! (Plume, 1997)
,
In the Time of the Butterflies (Algonquin Books, 1994)
,
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Algonquin Books, 1991)
Journal:
The New Yorker

Poetry

Books:
The Woman I Kept to Myself (Algonquin Books, 2004)
,
Seven Trees (Kat Ran Press, 1998)
,
Homecoming: New and Collected Poems (Plume, 1996)
,
The Other Side (Dutton, 1995)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
New York City
Raised in: 
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
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Last update: Sep 02, 2020