Las Mariposas, Illustrated
1970s, Middlebury College, Academic Excellence, Alumni, Arts, Language, Culture, Experience, Identity
10/15/2026
Author Julia Alvarez ’71 is reintroducing audiences to her well-known characters from In the Time of the Butterflies with a new graphic novel. With illustrations by Krystal Quiles, the book portrays life for everyday women under the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, as well as the activist Mirabal sisters who were assassinated for opposing it.