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Mia Alvar

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Philippines

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http://miaalvar.com

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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Mia Alvar’s collection of short stories, In the Country, won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction, the University of Rochester’s Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, and the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award.

Mia has been a writer in residence at the Corporation of Yaddo, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and the Blue Mountain Center for the Arts. She has received fellowships from the Sewanee, Bread Loaf, and Sirenland Writers’ Conferences. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, One Story, The Missouri Review, the Cincinnati Review, and elsewhere.

Born in the Philippines and raised in Bahrain and the United States, Mia graduated from Harvard College and the School of ...more

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So excited to be one of 15 books The Masters Review is looking forward to this year. Check out the amazing company In the Country gets to keep!

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Mia Alvar’s books

Average rating: 4.06 · 4,390 ratings · 626 reviews · 89 distinct works • Similar authors

	In the Country 4.07 avg rating — 4,080 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Country: Stories by Mia Alvar (16-Jun-2015) Hardcover 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	¡Soy una NIÑA y soy GENIAL!: Libro de Colorear para Niñas. Regalo perfecto para desarrollar su autoestima y confianza para Niñas de 5 a 9 años. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mi Libro de Colorear Moda para Niñas de 8 a 12 años: ¡Libro de Moda para Colorear! El regalo perfecto para niñas y adolescentes, preciosos diseños de moda para aprender y divertirse. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MENTE JOVEN ¡ENTRENA TU CEREBRO, NO PIERDAS LA CHISPA!: Ejercicios diseñados para mantener tu mente ágil y activa. ¡Desafía tu mente y diviértete! 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MI LIBRO DE COLOREAR MODA PARA NIÑAS DE 8 A 12 AÑOS: Libro de moda para colorear. El regalo perfecto para niñas y adolescentes, preciosos diseños de moda para aprender y divertirse 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	¡MENTE JOVEN! ENTRENA TU CEREBRO NO PIERDAS LA CHISPA: Libro de actividades para mayores con demencia. Juegos de memoria y pasatiempos para seniors 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diario de Mindfulness: Libro de auto-cuidado guiado con ejercicios que fomentan la atención plena, la meditación y el bienestar físico y emocional. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cómo dibujar cosas geniales: Una guía paso a paso para aprender a dibujar de forma fácil y divertida.101 dibujos para principiantes y 16 láminas ... niño/as de todas las edades 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diario de mi Transformación en Madre.: Un espacio íntimo donde (re)conocerme y escribir mi crecimiento y aprendizaje como madre y como mujer. (Spanish Edition) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“That must be something, no? To be so rich you think you can buy reality?”
― Mia Alvar, In the Country: Stories

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“Servitude had become a habit and posture of her body, in a way that felt painfully familiar:”
― Mia Alvar, In the Country: Stories

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“Again my eyes hurt as if they’d been blinded and gained total clarity all at once.”
― Mia Alvar, In the Country: Stories

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Polls

What should our October Asian-American or Asian-Canadian -authored fiction read be?

Voting will close on 19 August. You can change your vote at any time prior to the poll closing.

Please note that a voting for a book implies an intent to read and take part in the discussion of it.

The Leavers by Lisa Ko

4 votes, 40.0%

The Boat People by Sharon Bala

4 votes, 40.0%

In the Country by Mia Alvar

1 vote, 10.0%

Chemistry by Weike Wang

1 vote, 10.0%

10 total votes

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