How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents | Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

Explore how writing has served Julia Alvarez as a tool of liberation and as an act of reimagining. In this resource from the American Masters film Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined, Alvarez delves into her process for writing How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and how she found her voice as a writer. Engage your students in discussion around their own definitions of liberation and what it means to reimagine.