Her father was a chief surgeon, which gave her family financial comfort. But their political exile to Queens, New York, in 1960 would have a profound effect on her upbringing. Now, a PBS documentary ...

In Weybridge author Julia Alvarez‘s abundantly populated new novel, an aging writer named Alma, who publishes under the nom de plume Scheherazade, decides to call it quits. She leaves Vermont and ...

The author of 'The Cemetery of Untold Stories' is looking back at her 30-year publishing career and what it means to be an elder Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

If a story is never told, where does it go? Does it stay with the author? Does it fade into the void? Or does it find a way to be told? These are just a few of the questions asked in Julia Alvarez’s ...

In this week's edition of Endnotes, we take a look at Julia Alvarez's latest novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories (Algonquin, Apr.), which follows sixty-something writer Alma Cruz as she deals with ...

Critically-acclaimed author Julia Alvarez is the focus of the American Masters documentary, “Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined.” The hour-long film will premiere at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, on New ...

Julia Alvarez’s “The Cemetery of Untold Stories” is a book about the power of narratives and the way they shape us. Engaging and written in a playful, crystal-clear prose, this novel explores ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. In Julia Alvarez’s “The Cemetery of Untold Stories,” a graveyard in the Dominican Republic becomes a rich wellspring for discarded ...

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