Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Julia Alvarez
![Julia Alvarez](/apics/julia-alvarez.jpg)
Born: March 27, 1950 (age 74)
Bio: Julia Alvarez is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist.
Known for:
- In the Time of the Butterflies (1994)
- How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (1991)
- How Tía Lola came to visit stay (2001)
- Before We Were Free (2002)
- A Wedding in Haiti (2012)