Film, Video Julia Alvarez: 2019 National Book Festival

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Title

  • Julia Alvarez: 2019 National Book Festival

Summary

  • Julia Alvarez discussed "In the Time of the Butterflies" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Event Date

  • August 31, 2019

Notes

  • -  Twenty-five years ago, Julia Alvarez's "In the Time of the Butterflies" made her an international sensation. The book details the lives of four sisters living under the dictatorship of the Dominican Republic's Rafael Trujillo. Alvarez herself was born in New York City but raised in the Dominican Republic until she was 10, when her family supported an unsuccessful coup. The theme of living between two worlds permeates much of her work. Today, Alvarez is writer-in-residence at Middlebury College in Vermont.

Running Time

  • 50 minutes 46 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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