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Julia Alvarez is a renowned Puerto Rican American poet. Born on March 27, 1950, she is known for her poetry and novels that often explore themes of race, gender, and identity, enjoying great popularity among readers.

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“A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.”

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Book:In the Time of the Butterflies

Source: In the Time of the Butterflies

“For me, the writing life doesn't just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It is a life lived with a centering principle, and mine is this: that I will pay close attention to this world I find myself in. 'My heart keeps open house,' was the way the poet Theodore Roethke put it in a poem. And rendering in language what one sees through the opened windows and doors of that house is a way of bearing witness to the mystery of what it is to be alive in this world.”

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Born: March 27, 1950
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 29

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In the Time of the ButterfliesRelated source material

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