Julia Alvarez Poetry

Julia Alvarez is a contemporary author Born in New York City in 1950. Much of her work is inspired by her heritage and the period she spent living in the Dominican Republic before fleeing to the United States. Her novels include How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies.

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Exile

‘Exile’ by Julia Alvarez is a narrative depiction of the poet’s childhood memories of leaving the Dominican Republic for the United States.

Julia Alvarez is a poet and writer. She was born in New York in 1950 but grew up in the Dominican Republic. Her family moved back to the United States when she was ten because her dad was in danger. Her dad was involved in a plan against a bad leader in their country. Julia writes a lot about her experiences and feelings from moving to a new place.

The night we fled the country, Papi,

You told me we were going to the beach,

Hurried me to get dressed along with the others,

While posted at a window you looked out

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