“Literature is about being a complex, contradictory human being.” HumansLiteratureHuman BeingsComplexesContradictory Author:Julia Alvarez
“Terrence, the Roman slave who freed himself with his writings, once observed, "I am a human being. Nothing human is alien to me." That could be the motto of literature!” WritingHumansLiteratureHuman BeingsSlaveAliensMotto Author:Julia Alvarez
“Schools provide safe spaces to talk about controversial issues, and literature presents characters portraying human experience in all its richness and contradictoriness.” HumansCharacterSchoolLiteratureSpaceIssuesSafeHuman ExperienceRichnessControversialPortrayingSafe SpaceControversial Issues Author: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.” WorldWritingFirstsSaidFactsYoungMotherLiteratureLeftLanguageTeacherCollegeModelsAmerican LiteratureYoung WritersLatina Author:Julia Alvarez
“A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.” DoeBookLiteratureReaderTablesWelcome Author:Julia Alvarez
