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A Tribute to Julia Alvarez


How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
An Online Marathon Reading

Author Talk
Julia Alvarez with Concepción de León
Special Presentation by Sandra Cisneros

A Tribute to Julia Alvarez

Author Talk: Julia Alvarez with Concepción de León

Special Presentation by Sandra Cisneros

 

How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
An Online Marathon Reading

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ABOUT THE EVENT

Drawing on her own upbringing between the Dominican Republic and the United States, Julia Alvarez introduces us to the García sisters, Carla, Yolanda, Sandra, and Sofia, as they come of age in New York City. A generation of readers have found themselves in these captivating stories of daily struggle and changing family dynamics in a “wondrous but not always welcoming” new home. 

Literacy Partners is an adult literacy program where parents come to transform their lives and create a brighter future for their children through the power of literacy. Alvarez gives voice to the stories of so many of our students for whom language is key to belonging and accessing opportunity as they make a life for themselves and their family in the hyphen of a dual cultural identity.

 

Julia Alvarez by Brandon Cruz González
Concepción de León from publishersweekly
Marie Arana by Victor Ch. Vargas
Sandra Cisneros by Keith Dannemiller
Angie Cruz by Erika Morillo
Edwidge Danticat by Lynn Savanese
María Amparo Escandón by Chris Ventura
Kali Farjado-Astine by Estevan Ruiz
Reyna Grande by ara@vipimages.com
Maria Hinojosa from imdb
Sonia Manzano by David Conzalez
Cleyvis Natera by Beowulf Sheehan
Ingrid Rojas Contreras by Jamil Hello
Nelly Rosario from Pen America
Yamille Saied Méndez by Raquel Acevedo
Esmeralda Santiago by Robert Curtis
Helena María Viramontes by Lindsay France
Stephanie Ramos from nexttv.com

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