Julia Alvarez - Archive Interview #437 (1/30/17)




Write The Book show

Summary: <br> An interview from 2012 with <a href="http://www.juliaalvarez.com/">Julia Alvarez</a> about her then-new book, <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781616202804">A Wedding in Haiti</a>. She recently published a new book about death "for children of all ages," <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781609806705">Where Do they Go?</a> - with illustrations by Vermont artist Sabra Field. <br> This week's Write the Book Prompt is to consider Julia Alvarez's <a href="http://www.sevenstories.com/blogs/24-julia-alvarez-on-how-her-new-children-s-book-came-to-be">statement</a>, "Part of us dies with the death of people we love." And to write. <br> Good luck with your work in the coming week, and please listen next week for another prompt or suggestion. <br> Music credits: 1) "Dreaming 1″ - John Fink; 2) "Filter" - Dorset Greens (a Vermont band featuring several former South Burlington High School students). <br>  <br>