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.

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 ...

Alvarez, who was awarded The National Medal of the Arts, spent her childhood years in the Dominican Republic and describes the Mirabals as her “shadow sisters.” In 2001, the novel was adapted into 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, ...