The one-of-a-kind dolls are part of Barbie's Role Model series. Mattel is celebrating Hispanic Latinx Heritage Month with two new one-of-a-kind Barbie dolls. The toy company unveiled dolls inspired by ...

Julia Alvarez wrote about the interior lives of working class women. While at the Yaddo writing retreat, Julia Alvarez found herself suffering from writers block. Inspiration struck when she ...

Readers who loved In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents have a new novel to put on their TBR list: Coming next April from Algonquin Books is Julia Alvarez's first ...

Julia Alvarez brought the story of the assassination of the Mirabel sisters to life in her novel. Writing "In the Time of the Butterflies," Julia Alvarez felt a responsibility to bring the story of ...

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 ...

Every year in the United States 400,000 Latinas turn 15. The occasion is often celebrated with a lavish party, for in Latino culture this marks the age when a girl becomes a woman. The rite of passage ...

If a story is never told, where does it go? Does it stay with the author? Does it fade into the void? Or does it find a way to be told? These are just a few of the questions asked in Julia Alvarez’s ...

You've heard of towns like ours. The kind of place about which city folks say, "Don't blink or you'll miss it!" You might as well go ahead and blink, because you are going to miss it. There's no real ...

It came as a great relief to learn that, after 14 years, Julia Alvarez was publishing a new book for adults. During a time of considerable unrest, it is a comfort to put yourself in the hands of a ...

Hispanic Heritage Month is in full swing, and brands are highlighting and honoring Hispanic and Latinx figures that made an impact and continue to advance the culture every day. The unique dolls are ...