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Julia Alvarez on the female perspective in "In the Time of the Butterflies"

Julia Alvarez on the female perspective in "In the Time of the Butterflies" American Masters

Premiered September 17, 2024
Julia Alvarez on the female perspective in "In the Time of the Butterflies"

Julia Alvarez wanted to write about dictatorship from a female perspective for her second novel.

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