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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Author Julia Alvarez Addresses Banning of Her Book by Tillamook School District
EDITOR’S NOTE: Email subject line – From Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents; “I’m the literary agent for author Julia Alvarez. Some readers of your news publication have reached out to me hoping that Ms. Alvarez would respond to the controversy around her book in your community. Thanks for being a forum for this discussion. I live in a rural community in Pennsylvania and I’m always grateful for the local newspaper and people who produce it. Ms. Alvarez decided she wanted to respond on behalf of her book and I attach her letter to the editor. Please let us know if you would like to publish it. We’d very much like to see that happen,” from Stuart Bernstein, the author’s representative.
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