A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.
Julia AlvarezIt's always gratifying to hear from a passionate reader, and as a longtime educator, I'm especially pleased and heartened when that reader is a young student who is inspired to write me and let me know that my book has helped him or her find her way.
Julia AlvarezSchools provide safe spaces to talk about controversial issues, and literature presents characters portraying human experience in all its richness and contradictoriness.
Julia Alvarez