Julia Alvarez
-What books are on your summer reading list this year?
FICTION:
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Beloved (I want to reread it after decades since last time I read it) by Toni Morrison
The Odyssey (heard great things about this translation), trans by Emily Wilson
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Lying Awake by Mark Salzman, Mark,
POETRY
Basho, The Complete Haiku (Trans by Jane Reichhold)
Hirshfield, Jane, Ledger
Shaughnessy, Brenda, The Octopus Museum
NONFICTION
Solnit, Rebecca, Recollections of My Nonexistence
FREEMAN’s The Best Writing on California issue—so many cool writers are in, including favorites like Manuel Muñoz, Juan Felipe Herrera, Jennifer Egan, Reyna Grande, Tommy Orange, and the incredible poet I just “discovered” earlier this year, Natalie Diaz. (She has an essay in FREEMAN's about her career as a basketball player.)
FICTION:
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Beloved (I want to reread it after decades since last time I read it) by Toni Morrison
The Odyssey (heard great things about this translation), trans by Emily Wilson
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Lying Awake by Mark Salzman, Mark,
POETRY
Basho, The Complete Haiku (Trans by Jane Reichhold)
Hirshfield, Jane, Ledger
Shaughnessy, Brenda, The Octopus Museum
NONFICTION
Solnit, Rebecca, Recollections of My Nonexistence
FREEMAN’s The Best Writing on California issue—so many cool writers are in, including favorites like Manuel Muñoz, Juan Felipe Herrera, Jennifer Egan, Reyna Grande, Tommy Orange, and the incredible poet I just “discovered” earlier this year, Natalie Diaz. (She has an essay in FREEMAN's about her career as a basketball player.)
More Answered Questions
Sher Davidson
asked
Julia Alvarez:
Dear Julia, I am inspired and look forward to reading your books.As a late in life author, with my only second-novel just released, I cannot help admire how prolific you are. Also, I am often drawn to Latinx writers or those who write about foreign countries especially those south of our US borders. Do you think "ageism exists in the publishing world today?" I'm finding it hard to even find an agent.
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