TY - BOOK AU - Alvarez,Julia TI - Something to declare : : essays / SN - 1565121937 AV - 118 PQ 7409 A473s 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Chapel Hill, NC PB - Algonquin Books KW - Alvarez, Julia KW - Dominican Americans KW - Intellectual life KW - Dominican Americans in literature KW - Women and literature KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Literatura dominicana KW - Mujeres en la literatura N1 - Something to declare to my readers -- Customs: Grandfather's blessing -- Our papers -- My English -- My second opera -- I want to be Miss America -- El Doctor -- La Gringuita -- Picky eater -- Briefly, a gardener -- Imagining motherhood -- Genetics of justice -- Family matters -- Declarations: First muse -- Of maids and other muses -- So much depends -- Dona Aida, with your permission -- Have typewriter, will travel -- Vermont writer from the Dominican Republic -- Chasing the butterflies -- Goodbye, Ms. Chips -- In the name of the novel -- Ten of my writing commandments -- Grounds for fiction -- Writing matters UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/98020994-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/98020994-t.html ER -