Julia Alvarez

Naissance March 27, 1950

Originaire de New York City, New York, United States · Nationalité : United States, Dominican Republic · Écrit de la fiction

Citations

“I dreamed of stretching my pastry dough out / to cover the earth with a crust so fine / my love would think it was nothing / but the world at his feet, / baked by the summer sun, / dusted with cinnamon.”
Rolling DoughEn anglais
“The tarragon dotted the rice in the cauldron. / And now, as if signaled, the spice jars popped open, / unladened their far east wonders: / cumin, turmeric, saffron, and endives.”
What Could It Be?En anglais
“I’m more in the Faulkner tradition. I’m writing my Spanish in English. Florid, flowing, expansive, rococo sounds, the sonority of Spanish closer to the Latin roots than the English, which has been also infused with Anglo Saxon, Germanic words.”
“Julia Alvarez interview: In the time of discovery” in The WriterEn anglais
“I like to start the writing day with poetry; like the choir master sounding a note on his pipe, it sets the standard high (“No approximate words in a poem,” Dickinson says) and puts me in the right register.”
interviewEn anglais
“Writing is hard work, a huge commitment of time, energy, faith, passion, and there’s nothing shameful in the attempt, even if the work doesn’t end up succeeding.”
interviewEn anglais

Les livres de Julia Alvarez dans l'ordre

Les livres de Julia Alvarez dans l'ordre de parution, de Homecoming (1984) à Critical Insights : How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (2021).