Alvarez, Julia <br/><br/>
Homecoming  : poems 
/ by Julia Alvarez 
 - New York  : Grove Press  , 1984. 
 - 93 p.  ; 22 cm. 
 - Grove Press poetry series .
<br/><br/> Born in New York City, Julia Alvarez spent her early childhood in the Dominican Republic.  Alvarez is best known for her acclaimed novels How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of Butterflies. This vivid and engaging collection proves her to be a talented poet as well. The best poems in the book are found in the series entitled "Housekeeping," where the daily activities of cleaning, washing, and ironing are transformed into metaphors for the female experience: domesticity as both nourishing and stifling. There is also an engaging series of 46 sonnets, an autobiography in verse that wryly explores the ups and downs in family, relationships, and writing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0394620526 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>83049391 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poetry, American
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3551.L845  / H6 1984 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>811 ALV