Something to Declare: Essays
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From the internationally acclaimed author of the bestselling novels "In the Time of the Butterflies" and "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" comes a rich and revealing work of nonfiction capturing the life and mind of an artist as she knits together the dual themes of coming to America and becoming a writer. The twenty-four confessional, evocative essays that make up Something to Declare are divided into two parts. "Customs" includes Alvarez's memories of her family's life in the Dominican Republic, fleeing from Trujillo's dictatorship, and arriving in America when she was ten years old. She examines the effects of exile-surviving the shock of New York City life, yearning to fit in, training her tongue (and her mind) to speak English, and watching the Miss America pageant for clues about American-style beauty. The second half, "Declarations," celebrates her passion for words and the writing life. She lets us watch as she struggles with her art-searching for a subject for her next novel, confronting her characters, facing her family's anger when she invades their privacy, reflecting on the writers who influenced her, and continually honing her craft.
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Alvarez, J. (1998). Something to Declare: Essays. [United States], Algonquin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Alvarez, Julia. 1998. Something to Declare: Essays. [United States], Algonquin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Alvarez, Julia, Something to Declare: Essays. [United States], Algonquin Books, 1998.
MLA Citation (style guide)Alvarez, Julia. Something to Declare: Essays. [United States], Algonquin Books, 1998.
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