Alma è una scrittrice che ha raggiunto il successo tra i gringos, negli Stati Uniti, e ora, nella maturità, prende a cuore il destino delle storie a cui non riuscirà a dare forma, perché una vita non basta per tutte le trame che si intercettano o ti intercettano. Il padre lascia a lei e alle sorelle dei possedimenti nella sua isola e patria, Santo Domingo; e Alma sceglie per sé un lotto incolto di terra in un barrio non troppo raccomandabile. Lì nascerà il cimitero delle storie non dette, un giardino cinto da alte mura dove un'amica artista crea installazioni per conservare e celebrare ceneri e frammenti di pagine, gli amabili resti di tanti romanzi mai cominciati. Chiunque può suonare il campanello all'ingresso e raccogliere l'invito semplice che vibra nel citofono: Raccontami. Voci che si riaccendono, vite che si dipanano e si riavvolgono nella memoria di chi le ha vissute. Ecco le sorelle Perla e Filomena, divise da Tesoro, un uomo di cui non ci si può fidare; Bienvenida, sposa giovane del Jefe, il dittatore Trujillo, prima innamorato rapace, poi pronto a metterla da parte come una bambola rotta separandola dalla sua bambina; Manuel, medico che lascia la sua isola per ragioni politiche ma ne ritrova i sapori nell'abbraccio di una donna semplice. Voci che danno voce a storie, storie che sembrano seguire traiettorie diversissime ma lentamente si saldano in un omaggio alle radici e al potere del narrare.

La vita di Antonia Vega subisce una brusca virata. è da poco andata in pensione dopo anni trascorsi a insegnare al college e improvvisamente il suo adorato marito, Sam, muore. Ma c'è dell'altro: la sparizione della sorella, generosa ma instabile, e una ragazzina incinta e senza documenti che fa la sua comparsa sulla porta di casa. Antonia, che ha sempre fatto affidamento sulla letteratura come guida e colonna sonora della propria vita, si trova improvvisamente di fronte a un mondo che esige altro da lei, oltre alle parole. Aldilà, in un'attualità politica fatta di tribalismo e diffidenza, si domanda: qual è il nostro dovere nei momenti di crisi, specialmente nei confronti della famiglia? Come si abita un mondo a pezzi senza perdere la fiducia gli uni negli altri, o in noi stessi? E come rimanere fedeli alle persone che ci hanno lasciato?

La storia delle quattro sorelle Mirabal, nome di battaglia Las mariposas - passate alla storia come le eroine della lotta di liberazione domenicana contro la terribile dittatura del generale Trujillo e assassinate in un'imboscata. Nate in una famiglia benestante e colta, le quattro ragazze rimasero sempre legate da un affetto complesso e profondo, nonostante le notevoli diversità d'indole e di destino. Nel 1999, in onore delle sorelle trucidate, l?Assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite designò il 25 novembre quale Giornata internazionale per l'eliminazione della violenza contro le donne.

Sor Juana (1651–1695) was a fiery feminist and a woman ahead of her time. Like Simone de Beauvoir, she was very much a public intellectual. Her contemporaries called her "the Tenth Muse" and "the Phoenix of Mexico," names that continue to resonate. An illegitimate child, self-taught intellectual, and court favorite, she rose to the height of fame as a writer in Mexico City during the Spanish Golden Age.This volume includes Sor Juana's best-known works: "First Dream," her longest poem and the one that showcases her prodigious intellect and range, and "Response of the Poet to the Very Eminent Sor Filotea de la Cruz," her epistolary feminist defense—evocative of Mary Wollstonecraft and Emily Dickinson—of a woman's right to study and to write. Thirty other works—playful ballads, extraordinary sonnets, intimate poems of love, and a selection from an allegorical play with a distinctive New World flavor—are also included.

Sor Juana (1651–1695) was a fiery feminist and a woman ahead of her time. Like Simone de Beauvoir, she was very much a public intellectual. Her contemporaries called her 'the Tenth Muse' and 'the Phoenix of Mexico,' names that continue to resonate. An illegitimate child, self-taught intellectual, and court favorite, she rose to the height of fame as a writer in Mexico City during the Spanish Golden Age.This volume includes Sor Juana's best-known works: 'First Dream,' her longest poem and the one that showcases her prodigious intellect and range, and 'Response of the Poet to the Very Eminent Sor Filotea de la Cruz,' her epistolary feminist defense—evocative of Mary Wollstonecraft and Emily Dickinson—of a woman's right to study and to write. Thirty other works—playful ballads, extraordinary sonnets, intimate poems of love, and a selection from an allegorical play with a distinctive New World flavor—are also included.

Un giorno gli uccelli immaginando una vita diversa, iniziarono a costruire sofisticate tecniche di volo e bei nidi. Ma l'impulso iniziale che li aveva incitati si trasformò in desiderio di controllare tutto e li portò ad ingabbiare sé stessi e il mondo, dimenticandosi di avere ali per volare. Età di lettura: da 7 anni.

In a story that travels beyond borders and between families, acclaimed Dominican novelist and poet Julia Alvarez reflects on the joys and burdens of love—for her parents, for her husband, and for a young Haitian boy known as Piti. In this intimate true account of a promise kept, Alvarez takes us on a journey into experiences that challenge our way of thinking about history and how it can be reimagined when people from two countries—traditional enemies and strangers—become friends.

Welcome to Tía Lola's bed and breakfast! With the help of her niece and nephew and the three Sword Sisters, Tía Lola is opening the doors of Colonel Charlebois' grand old Vermont house to visitors from all over. But Tía Lola and the children soon realize that running a B & B isn't as easy they had initially thought—especially when it appears that someone is out to sabotage them! Will Tía Lola and the kids discover who's behind the plot to make their B & B fail? And will Tía Lola's family and friends be able to plan her a surprise birthday party in her own B & B without her finding out?

With the release of this Yearling edition, all four Tía Lola Stories are now available in paperback. 

 

Miguel Guzman isn't exactly looking forward to the summer now that his mother has agreed to let the Sword family—a father, his three daughters, and their dog—live with them while they decide whether or not to move to Vermont. Little does Miguel know his aunt has something up her sleeve that just may make this the best summer ever. With her usual flair for creativity and fun, Tía Lola decides to start a summer camp for Miguel, his little sister, and the three Sword girls, complete with magical swords, nighttime treasure hunts, campfires, barbecues, and an end-of-summer surprise!

The warm and funny third book in the Tía Lola Stories is sure to delight young readers and leave them looking forward to their own summer fun!


From the Hardcover edition.

Julia Alvarez has been called “a one-woman cultural collision” by the Los Angeles Times Book Review, and that has never been truer than in this story about three of her most personal relationships—with her parents, with her husband, and with a young Haitian boy known as Piti. A teenager when Julia and her husband, Bill, first met him in 2001, Piti crossed the border into the Dominican Republic to find work. Julia, impressed by his courage, charmed by his smile, has over the years come to think of him as a son, even promising to be at his wedding someday. When Piti calls in 2009, Julia's promise is tested.

To Alvarez, much admired for her ability to lead readers deep inside her native Dominican culture, “Haiti is like a sister I've never gotten to know.” And so we follow her across the border into what was once the richest of all the French colonies and now teeters on the edge of the abyss—first for the celebration of a wedding and a year later to find Piti's loved ones in the devastation of the earthquake. As in all of Alvarez's books, a strong message is packed inside an intimate, beguiling story, this time about the nature of poverty and of wealth, of human love and of human frailty, of history and of the way we live now.

Tía Lola has been invited to teach Spanish at her niece and nephew’s elementary school. But Miguel wants nothing to do with the arrangement. He hasn’t had an easy time adjusting to his new school in Vermont and doesn’t like living so far away from Papi, who has a new girlfriend and an announcement to make. On the other hand, Miguel’s little sister, Juanita, can’t wait to introduce her colorfully dressed aunt with her migrating beauty mark to all her friends at school—that is, if she can stop getting distracted long enough to remember to do so. Before long, Tía Lola is organizing a Spanish treasure hunt and a Carnaval fiesta at school. Will Miguel be willing to join the fun? Will Juanita get her head out of the clouds and lead her classmates to victory in the treasure hunt?
Told with abundant humor and heart, Julia Alvarez’s new Tía Lola story is the long-awaited sequel to the beloved How Tía Lola Came to Visit Stay.



From the Hardcover edition.

Miguel Guzman isn't exactly looking forward to the summer now that his mother has agreed to let the Sword family—a father, his three daughters, and their dog—live with them while they decide whether or not to move to Vermont. Little does Miguel know his aunt has something up her sleeve that just may make this the best summer ever. With her usual flair for creativity and fun, Tía Lola decides to start a summer camp for Miguel, his little sister, and the three Sword girls, complete with magical swords, nighttime treasure hunts, campfires, barbecues, and an end-of-summer surprise!

The warm and funny third book in the Tía Lola Stories is sure to delight young readers and leave them looking forward to their own summer fun!

Offers a collection of autobiographical poems, each comprising three ten-line stanzas.

After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.

After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn't sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?

In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.


From the Hardcover edition.

After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn't sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?

In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.


From the Hardcover edition.

This book addresses the combination of pedagogical, curricular, and institutional commitments necessary to create and sustain diversity on campus. Its premise is that the socially just classroom flourishes in the context of a socially just institution, and it invites faculty and administrators to create such classrooms and institutions.

This book grew out of a project ù involving deans and directors of teaching centers and diversity offices from six institutions ù to instigate discussions among teachers and administrators about implementing socially just practices in their classrooms, departments, and offices. This book presents the theoretical framework used, and many of the successful projects to which it gave rise.

Recognizing that many faculty have little preparation for teaching students whose backgrounds, culture, and educational socialization differ from theirs, the opening foundational section asks teachers to attend closely to their own and their students' relative power and positionality in the classroom, and to the impact of the materials, resources, and pedagogical approaches employed.

This book provides individual faculty, faculty developers, and diversity officers with the concepts, reflective tools, collaborative models, and a wealth of examples, to confidently embark on the path to transforming educational practice.

The editors: Kathleen M. Skubikowski is Director, Center for Teaching, Learning and Research, and Associate Professor of English; Catharine Wright is a Lecturer and Tutor in writing; and Roman Graf is Associate Professor, German Department, and Dean for Institutional Diversity-all at Middlebury College.

Forced to flee their native Caribbean island after an attempted coup, the Garcias--Carlos, Laura, and their four daughters--must learn a new way of life in the Bronx, while trying to cling to the old ways that they loved.

A story based on actual events evokes the horror of the Dominican Republic under dictator General Trujillo, as three sisters die in a jeep 'accident.'