Julia Alvarez ’71

Professor Emerita and Writer in Residence Julia Alvarez '71 joins President Laurie Patton to speak about the chorus of gatekeepers who punctuated her life; the freedom of failure; and the work of writing, in particular how it is a labor, not an identity.

Show Notes

• www.juliaalvarez.com
• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez (1991)
• In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (1994)
• Read more about the story of Scheherazade, which inspired Julia’s passion for writing here
• Visit Middlebury Special Collections 

Music credits:

• Theme song: The Serene Quartet by Little Red Church link
• Waterbourne by Algea Fields via Blue Dot Sessions link
• Cross Stitch by Chad Crouch via Sound Picture 

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