Dominican Writers

05/19/2026

Community can look like many things. Sometimes, it looks like cafecito, paint-covered hands, laughter across the table, and a room full of people reconnecting through culture and creativity. ☕️🎨🇩🇴

This weekend, we gathered to paint Dominican grecas inspired by home, memory, and personal style—reminding us that art can be a bridge back to ourselves and to each other.

Thank you to and everyone who joined us for this beautiful afternoon of culture, connection, and community.

Stay tuned for our June event,
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04/22/2026

Tomorrow join us at the Soundview Library as Angela Abreu, founder of Dominican Writers walks you through the writing and publishing journey from start to finish. 📖

What does it really take to go from a blank page to a published work?

From developing your craft and finding your voice to choosing the right publishing path for your work, this talk is packed with honest advice, practical tools, and real experience.

When? Thursday April 23 from 3:30 PM to 5 PM

Whether you are just starting out or ready to take your next step, this conversation is for you.

04/14/2026

La Dominican Writers Association (DWA) anunció que la edición 2026 de la Conferencia de Escritores Dominicanos estará dedicada a la reconocida autora Julia Álvarez, en reconocimiento a su impacto en la literatura y en la visibilidad de las historias dominicanas en Estados Unidos.
Para registrarse
www.dwaconference.org/registration

Julia Álvarez, autora de obras emblemáticas, ha sido fundamental para la visibilidad de la literatura dominicana en Estados Unidos

03/16/2026

📚 Save this list of Dominican books for kids & teens.

Dominican authors are creating incredible stories for young readers—from picture books and inspiring biographies to graphic memoirs, fantasy adventures, and young adult novels.

These books highlight culture, imagination, resilience, and representation, giving young readers stories where they can see themselves and their communities reflected on the page.

Perfect for parents, educators, librarians, and anyone building a more diverse bookshelf.

✨ Featuring books by Claribel A. Ortega, Angela Quezada Padron, Kiara Valdez, Barbara Perez Marquez, Julian Randall, and more.

📖 Order your copies through the link in our bio.

Tag a teacher, librarian, or parent who should add these to their reading list.

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11/24/2025

The DWA Silent Auction is LIVE!
As part of our 10-Year Anniversary celebration, we’re opening a silent auction to support DWA’s 2026 programming.

Bid on:
•1-on-1 author consultations
•Classroom sets (30 books)
•Children’s book boxes
•Book club sets
•And more items that uplift Dominican storytelling

Every bid helps fund workshops, honorariums, and literacy programs in our community.
The auction closes December 5 at 12AM — don’t miss it!

👉🏽 Place your bids via link in bio.
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11/20/2025

Tomorrow we celebrate 10 years!

DWA started because invisibility wasnt an option anymore.
We deserved presence.
We deserved community.
We deserved a space where our voices were not only welcomed but celebrated, studied, nurtured and amplified.

And look at us now.

Join us tomorrow.Link in bio.
👉🏽 www.dominicanwriters.org/dwaevents
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10/31/2025

“We leave the last page reaching for a glass of water.”

That’s what it feels like to finish Peggy Robles-Alvarado’s Burn Me Back (Four Way Books)—a collection that blazes with memory, ancestry, and survival.

Rooted in the intersections of the Puerto Rican and Dominican diasporas, Peggy’s poems move through loss, family lore, and the kind of language that refuses to be contained. Her Spanglish carries the rhythm of working-class wisdom, resilience, and love where a fire escape becomes a terrace, and grief becomes an offering.

Whether you’re a poet or someone who simply values truth-telling and transformation, Burn Me Back reminds us why words still have the power to heal and ignite.

Read our latest book review by and get your copy today.
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10/22/2025

In collaboration with Word Up Bookshop join us to welcome poet and magic maker Peggy Robles-Alvarado for the celebration of her latest collection, Burn Me Back (Four Way Books). Joined by Dr. Melissa Castillo-Garsow, Caridad De La Luz (La Bruja), and Massiel Alfonso, this event explores Latina narrative, family lore, and the power of poetry to transform loss into rebirth.

In Burn Me Back, Robles-Alvarado writes at the crossroads of Puerto Rican and Dominican diasporas, blending Spanglish, memory, and ancestral storytelling. Her poems honor immigrant resilience, working-class wisdom, and the language of survival — where “a fire escape is also a terrace.” With fire and tenderness, she reimagines belonging, archives family histories, and redefines what it means to rise from ashes.

📍 Recirculation by Word Up, 876 Riverside Dr., Washington Heights

🎤 Join us for a night of poetry, lineage, and language that refuses to be contained.

10/08/2025

We're back! Join us for a special Entre Letras conversation with Angy and author Iveliana Díaz, as we discuss her book Me vs. You — a powerful exploration of love, healing, and resilience.

In this intimate literary encuentro, we’ll talk about the journey behind the book, the inspiration that fuels Iveliana’s writing, and what it means to tell stories that reflect our truths and contradictions.

📅 Date: Wednesday, October 15th
🕖 Time: 7 PM EST
📍 Where: Instagram Live

Don’t miss this literary exchange filled with storytelling, reflection, and community!

10/03/2025

The Dominican Writers Retreat is a life-changing experience and applications are NOW OPEN for 2026!

Next year, we’re offering two powerful experiences to support and inspire our writers:

When Angy envisioned the Santo Domingo Retreat (July 6–13), she imagined giving our community the chance to walk the streets of the Zona Colonial, explore archives, and immerse themselves in Dominican history. It’s for educators, grad students, and writers ready to transform research and memory into story.

Mariela, who has lovingly guided writers in Cabarete for three unforgettable years, now enters her 4th year leading the Cabarete Retreat (July 13–20). This generative retreat by the beach has become a creative home for many — a place where the ocean inspires breakthroughs, lifelong friendships are born, and writers finally give themselves permission to create without interruption.

Both retreats were born from the desire to continue nurturing Dominican writers — creating spaces for growth, healing, and storytelling rooted in our culture. Past participants have left with manuscripts in progress, renewed confidence, and a deeper connection to themselves and to the island.

📅 Applications close November 30th.

👉 Visit the link in our bio or head to our website for FAQs & full details. Spots are limited — don’t miss this opportunity to write, reflect, and reconnect with your roots.