"As a young writer, I was on guard……" — Julia Alvarez
"As a young writer, I was on guard against the Latina in me, the Spanish in me because as far as I could see the models that were presented to me did not include my world. In fact, 'I was told by one teacher in college that one could only write poetry in the language in which one first said Mother. That left me out of American literature, for sure."
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Julia Alvarez
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11 Quotes by Julia Alvarez
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A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.
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It doesn't make any sense. If the SIM are policemen, secret or not, shouldn't we trust them instead of being…
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There is no end to what can be said about the world
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For me, the writing life doesn't just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It is a life lived…
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A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.
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It's like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and…
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Each of us will have to make the choices that allow us to be the largest versions of ourselves.
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Independence didn't have to be exile.
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I admit that for me love goes deeper than the struggle, or maybe what I mean is, love is the…
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The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.
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