librography
"Alvarez's most singular and timely contribution lies, it seems to me, in reconstructing the hidden universe of the LGBTQ+ community within the global Filipino diaspora. By my lights, no other writer, in Filipino or English, has consistently and powerfully illuminated the condition of queer migrant workers from the Philippines. Even more stunning to me is how she has managed to thrive in Saudi Arabia despite the glaring lack of protection and systemic homophobia in that part of the world."
“Alvarez queers a century-old prose tradition in Filipino while braving through the obscured fringes of her own vulnerability, offering both revelation and rumination. She immerses us with the far-off and the familiar. This is a galvanising contribution to the discourse surrounding form and the imperative rebellion against it.”
