Acclaimed novelist, poet, and essayist Julia Alvarez speaks about her life and work with University of Texas at Austin professor Jennifer M. Wilks.  A book signing follows.  Alvarez’s archive resides at the Ransom Center.  Ransom Center members receive complimentary parking priority entry.  Presented by the University Co-op and co-sponsored by the 2013-2014 Texas Institute for Literary and Textual Studies (TILTS) Symposia: Reading Race in Literature and Film.