Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez will be the focus of a new documentary for PBS from “American Masters” and Latino Public Broadcasting. Timed to Hispanic Heritage Month, “Julia Alvarez: A Life ...

The acclaimed author of “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” and “In the Time of the Butterflies” is the subject of a new PBS documentary, “Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined” about her childhood ...

Her father was a chief surgeon, which gave her family financial comfort. But their political exile to Queens, New York, in 1960 would have a profound effect on her upbringing. Now, a PBS documentary ...

Discover the life and work of Julia Alvarez, one of America's most celebrated Latina writers. Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined is a documentary film about the life and work of Julia Alvarez, one of ...

In her first YA novel, Alvarez (How the García Girls Lost Their Accents) proves as gifted at writing for adolescents as she is for adults. Here she brings her warmth, sensitivity and eye for detail to ...