Julia Alvarez Reads Judy Page Heitzman
About this episode
Julia Alvarez joins Kevin Young to read and discuss poems by Judy Page Heitzman and herself.
Julia Alvarez joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Schoolroom on the Second Floor of the Knitting Mill,” by Judy Page Heitzman, and her own poem “Mami at Her Vanity.” Alvarez is the author of many novels, nonfiction books, children’s books, and poetry collections, including, most recently, “Visitations.” She has received a Hispanic Heritage Award, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature, and a National Medal of Arts. She’s also the subject of a PBS “American Masters” documentary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Kevin Young
Guest: Julia Alvarez
Topics covered
- poetry
- literature
- reading
- discussion
- Hispanic Heritage
Keywords
- Julia Alvarez
- Kevin Young
- poetry
- literature
- Hispanic Heritage Award
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Schoolroom on the Second Floor of the Knitting Mill, Mami at Her Vanity, Visitations
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