Julia Alvarez, "Black behind the Ears," in Essence, Vol. 23, No 10, February, 1993, p. 42, 129, 132.

Alvarez talks about her Latin heritage and growing up in the Dominican Republic

Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 93, Gale, 1996, pp. 1-20.

A collection of Critical excerpts on Alvarez's work, including How the Garda Girls Lost Their Accents.