Julia Alvarez
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Susan Bergholz Literary Services
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New York, NY
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Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez "La Golondrina" surfaces several times in RETURN TO SENDER.

Placido Domingo sings La Golondrina (The Swollow)
Source: www.youtube.com
Narciso Serradel Sevilla, 1862. A donde irá veloz y fatigada La golondrina que de aquí se va O si en el viento se hallará extraviada Buscando abrigo y no lo encontrará. Junto a mi lecho le formaré su ...
June 30 at 5:05pm
Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez "La Golondrina" surfaces several times in RETURN TO SENDER.

Nana Mouskouri - La Golondrina
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La Golondrina en la belle voix de Nana Mouskouri Compositeurs:Zamacois et Serradel Montage: chansondemarie ... A donde irá veloz y fatigada La golondrina que de aquí se va Por si en el viento se hallara extraviada Buscando abrigo y no lo encontrara. ...
June 30 at 5:03pm
Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez one of the songs in Julia's head as she wrote RETURN TO SENDER

Tom Russell - "Who's gonna build your wall?"
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@ Cambridge Folk Fest, 2006 The video is not great, but the audio is good.
June 30 at 5:01pm
Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez La ñapa: an excerpt from Julia's latest novel, RETURN TO SENDER, & the soundtrack behind the book

La ñapa is the little extra: an essay, speech or a poem by Julia Alvarez
Source: www.juliaalvarez.com
In Dominican Spanish la ñapa refers to "the little extra" added on at the end. Just when you thought you'd gotten all that you would get, along comes your ñapa, like a baker's dozen, with one more kiss, one more pastelito, one more mango at the mercado.
June 30 at 4:58pm
Deedee

Deedee Bendicion madrina!!

June 25 at 11:59am · Report
Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez

F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference
Julia Alvarez is the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Honoree
Popular novelist Julia Alvarez has been announced as the 2009 honoree for the prestigious F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Award. She will accept the award at the 14th Annual F. S...
Host:Julia Alvarez
Time:8:00PM Saturday, October 17th
Location:Montgomery College
June 25 at 10:15am · RSVP to this event
Patricia
Patricia at 10:37am June 25
Muchas felicidades, esperamos verte y conocerte ese dia.
Margie
Margie at 10:21pm June 25
Te lo mereces, mucha suerte siempre te adora, Margarita saludos de Clermont Florida
Lori
Lori at 6:43pm June 29
well deserved honor!!! Can't wait to tell my book club in Forest Hills, Pittsburgh PA
Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez

F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference: History of Award
Source: www.montgomerycollege.edu
The Fourteenth Annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference will honor Julia Alvarez on Oct. 17, 2009.
June 25 at 10:03am
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Querube
Querube at 11:17pm June 25
Congratulations, Professor Julia. Thanks for all the Midd memories.
Marcia
Marcia at 8:07am June 26
Congratulations!!!
Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez Return to Sender selected as finalist for American Library Association YALSA award

ALA | Titles Nominated
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The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)Booklists & Book AwardsBBYA Nominated Titles
June 25 at 9:55am
Marcia
Marcia at 8:08am June 26
Very nice!!!
Nora Demorizi

Nora Demorizi Me gusta mucho la interpretaciones que les da a sus libros Me gusto mucho en En El Nombre de Salome. Gracias por tan buenos libros.

June 22 at 12:35pm · Report
Carmen Monsanto

Carmen Monsanto Hello Ms. Alvarez, just wanted to let you know that I am one of your fans! I love the Time of the Butterflies and your other wonderful books. You are an inspirations to the Dominican-American community!

June 9 at 12:19pm · Report
Nadeghda

Nadeghda Julia makes me proud to be a Dominican-American woman! When I grow up, I want to be like her!

June 3 at 11:45pm · Report
Priscila Campello

Priscila Campello Julia, you were part of my daily life for more than 4 years during my Ph.D. and I loved each reading, each discovery, each word. Thank you!

June 2 at 12:50pm · Report
Evelyn Martinez

Evelyn Martinez Ms. Julia, thank you for elevating our library in Inwood with your gracious presence. Also thank you for showing our kids a positive Dominican role model. May God continue to bless you, your family and your creative juices. Can't wait to read your other blessings.

May 30 at 5:50pm · Report
Wilma

Wilma Julia,,,sabe cuanto la quiero y siempre de los siempre la llevo en mi corazon....Thank you for ALWAYS being Julia...I finished reading Return to Sender few weeks ago and I cried like a baby on the train. It is so hard to read a novel like this and not think about what we see on tv everyday about immigrants been taken and send back to their countries. Also I want to say thank you for your presentation last week in our Querido Washington heights. Abrazos Quisqueyanos. Wilma & RosaMaria!

May 29 at 4:40pm · Report
Patricia Mendez

Patricia Mendez Habran planes to come back to Chicago soon?? We would love to be graced by your presence once again.

May 29 at 10:21am · Report
Hope

Hope Ahora estoy leyendo su primer libro "Como las muchachas García Perdieron Sus Acentos". Yo Lo leo para mi clase de Ingles 10 Honores. Vivo en los Estados on the East Coast. Estudio Español en mi colegio y aprender esta idioma es mi pasion. A usted le doy la suerte y mucho amor de esta muchacha ♥ Hope

May 26 at 5:50pm · Report
John Edward Cabrera

John Edward Cabrera Hi Julia.
How are you ? I want to let you and your fans know that Minou Tavarez Mirabal has a fanpage on facebook now. (Minou is the daughter of Minerva Mirabal and Manolo Tavarez Justo). I'm sure most of your fans know that Minerva Mirabal was one of the "mariposas" (butterflies) in your book "In the Time of the Butterflies." (Which, of course is a book written in fictional style but based on real events.) :)

May 26 at 11:16am · Report
Patricia
Patricia at 10:19am May 29
thanks for the info, caballero...will definitely check it out
Aiden Schultz

Aiden Schultz HI,i am aiden schultz in Miss Menanes class that you did speech for i was wondering if you could email me a bout doing a speech at the Bristol library at schultzaiden@yahoo.com of send me a letter at 153 so. 116rode Bristol Vermont 05443 it would be great i am also planing on reading return to sender

May 21 at 4:04pm · Report
Laura F McCloskey

Laura F McCloskey Love everything you write!

May 20 at 10:30am · Report
Margie Ballesteros

Margie Ballesteros I love your poems I love you

May 15 at 7:44am · Report
Ruby Guerrero

Ruby Guerrero Hello there! It was so nice meeting you at the Newburyport Literary Festival. I just finished Return to Sender and loved it. Thank you so much for being an inspiration!

May 11 at 1:10pm · Report
Elizabeth Wardrop Tlaxcalteca

Elizabeth Wardrop Tlaxcalteca My favorite poem of yours remains The Dashboard Virgencita. Brilliant.

March 26 at 7:38pm · Report
Jean Hudson Card

Jean Hudson Card Hello, Ms. Alvarez! I have to call you that since you were my professor and advisor back in the early 1990s at Middlebury. I have continued to read your beautiful novels, essays and poetry and am so proud to tell people that I actually, once upon a time, personally knew the woman who is, today, one of my very favorite writers! Thank you for sharing your words and stories; they always remind me of why I love reading and writing. -Jeanie (Hudson) Card, Midd Class of 1994

March 26 at 11:09am · Report
Amany Abdel Sabour

Amany Abdel Sabour I really appreciate Alvarez's novels, and I admire her very much, to the extent that I think I will make her works my MA topic. Thx Julia, and wish u best of luck ever!!

March 21 at 9:12pm · Report
Helen Stacey Corona

Helen Stacey Corona I love her books and so proud to call myself DOMINICANA, It's so great that we have wonderful authors in our myst. May God continue to bless her and her work.

March 14 at 10:50am · Report
Ana Kirola

Ana Kirola I love your work and your ability to understand the human condition.

March 13 at 5:01pm · Report
Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez

A Message from Julia
I just did a reading at the awesome, truly, Lawrence Boys and Girls Club in Lawrence, Massachusestts. This place is amazing. Seven hundred kids use the facility, many from single parent homes...
March 11 at 5:09pm
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Sue
Sue at 11:29am June 1
Dido!
Alexandra
Alexandra at 6:12pm June 17
Julia, Mil gracias una vez mas por la visita! Alannis has a blast signing books for with you. Having worked with many of these families and young kids, I can't explain what a positive experience it was to for these young girls to meet you. Thank you for being such an amazing dominican role model. Abrazos... Alex, Radhames y las ninas.
John Edward Cabrera

John Edward Cabrera Hi Julia. It was great seeing you in San Francisco, California on Feb. 8th, and hearing you read from your latest book, "Return to Sender." :)

March 9 at 12:50am · Report
Sara

Sara Hi Julia, I'm Sara a sophomore from MAST Academy High School in Miami, Florida and I read your book How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and i really enjoyed it and now I am writing a research paper on it. It would be so great if you could give me a few moments of your time to maybe send me an e-mail at spaingirl11@hotmail.com so I could ask you some questions about your book. Or you could contact me through my facebook. I know you must have a busy schedule, but I would be so grateful to hear from you.

Thank you so much!
-Sara Linares

P.S. I aspire to maybe become a writer someday and thing is, essays and research papers aren't my strong point. I'm more of a creative writer. So it would be really helpful if i could get some pointers as well. Thank you!

March 4 at 7:27pm · Report
Allie Nicole

Allie Nicole Hello Julia! I am a sophomore at Huntley High School in Huntley Illinois, a small group in my English II Honors class have recently read your book Saving the World and i am now writing a research paper on it. I was wondering if maybe through an e-mail corrospondence or maybe a phone conversation i could interview you about the book. Get back to me as soon as you can, i'm sure have a busy schedule, you can contact me through my facebook or my e-mail address imtalking2@yahoo.com, it would be so great to hear from you!!

Thank you for your time
Sincerely
Allie Nicole

March 2 at 2:59pm · Report