Novelist Angie Cruz’s Writing Celebrates the Dominican Diaspora

Her 20-year career is studded with complex characters

Olga Marina Segura
ZORA
Published in
7 min readApr 7, 2020

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A photo of Angie Cruz sitting on steps.
Photos: Erika Morillo

DDominican novelist Angie Cruz does not come from a family of talkers, and yet, for 20 years, her novels have offered an intimate look into the experiences and complexities of a community known for its silence.

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