Websites
In the Name of the Homeland: For the Dominican-born novelist and poet Julia Alvarez, the past is prologue
Interview in The Atlantic Monthly , July 19, 2000
Something to Declare (1998)
A Salon.com feature article where Julia Alvarez talks about moving to America, her relationship with her family, and the rituals that keep her focused on writing.
The Dominican Republic: A Country Study
Books
Alvarez, Julia. Something to Declare: Essays. New York: Plume, 1998.
Brown, Isabel Zakrewski. Culture and Customs of the Dominican Republic. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.
Haggerty, Richard A., ed. Dominican Republic and Haiti: Country Studies. Washington, DC: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1991.
Landau, Elaine. Dominican Republic. New York: Grolier, 2000.
Rogers, Lura, and Barbara Radcliffe Rogers. Dominican Republic: Enchantment of the World. New York: Scholastic, 2009.
