Julia Alvarez & mobrouser . . .
Customarily I have the radio set to a PBS station ( NO intrusive commercials ) and was pleasantly surprised when they announced the next segment would be an interview with writer Julia Alvarez. The interview covered her new novel "A Cafecito story". In the piece she talked about the coffee farming enterprise she and her husband are part of in the DR. These URL's will take you to NPR and have the information needed to hear the interview with Ms. Alvarez:
http://www.toddshow.org/
http://www.npr.org/about/programs/allnprprograms.html
" 'Coffee is essential to Central America's economy, and North America's society. Writer Julia Alvarez talks with Todd about coffee as a caffeinated lifeline for Americans and a major means of sustinance for Dominican coffee farmers, and how coffee links the two regions. She discusses coffee's role in traditions. Her book is "A Cafecito Story".' "
(C) NPR 2002
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PS . . . mob, are you still on holiday? see you on " ~DR + RD~ "