Best selling author Julia Alvarez reflects as an American of Dominican heritage

‘I’m really the all-American’: Author Julia Alvarez on her Dominican American heritage04:23

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The acclaimed author of “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” and “In the Time of the Butterflies” is the subject of a new PBS documentary, “Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined” about her childhood in the Dominican Republic and later in the U.S. Julia Alvarez spoke with NBC News to share her “double perspective” as an American of Dominican heritage.Sept. 19, 2024

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