Johanna Ferreira from HipLatina writes about Dominican American literary icon Julia Alvarez opening up about aging, legacy, and the power of storytelling in a new HipLatina interview.

The acclaimed author, known for groundbreaking works such as How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies, reflects on more than four decades of writing and the impact of placing Dominican stories at the center of American literature.

Read the full interview on HipLatina here.

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