The Woman I Kept to Myself -- Julia Alvarez

The works of this award-winning poet and novelist are rich with the language and influences of two cultures: those of the Dominican Republic of her childhood and the America of her youth and adulthood. They have shaped her writing just as they have shaped her life. In these seventy-five autobiographical poems, Alvarez's clear voice sings out in every line. Here, in the middle of her life, she looks back as a way of understanding and celebrating the woman she has become.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Julia Alvarez<br><b>Publisher:</b> Shannon Ravenel Books<br><b>Published:</b> 04/05/2011<br><b>Pages:</b> 159<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.50lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.50d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781616200725<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 6.7<br><b>Point Value:</b> 3<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>85747 / Woman I Kept to Myself: Poems<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. A novelist, poet, and essayist, she is the author of nineteen books, including <i>How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, </i><i>In the Time of the Butterflies--</i>a National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Selection--<i>Yo!, Something to Declare, In the Name of Salome, Saving the</i><i>World, A Wedding in Haiti, </i>and <i>The Woman I Kept to Myself</i>. Her work has garnered wide recognition, including the 2013 National Medal of Arts, a Lati