The Resume

(March 27, 1950- )
Born in New York City, New York
Moved to the Dominican Republic when she was three months old
Returned to New York City at the age of 10 (1960)
Graduated from Abbot Academy (1967)
Attended Connecticut College (1967-1969), Middlebury College (1971), and Syracuse University (1975)
Wrote ‘The Housekeeping Book’ (1984), ‘How the García Girls Lost Their Accents’ (1991), ‘In The Time of the Butterflies’ (1994), ‘Homecoming’ (1996), ‘¡Yo!’ (1997), ‘Something to Declare’ (1998), ‘In the Name of Salome’ (2000), and ‘The Woman I Kept to Myself’ (2004)

Why she might be annoying:

She had a lavish lifestyle during her childhood back in the Dominican Republic.
Her relationship with her parents worsened when she was sent to a boarding school at 13, especially because they returned to the Dominican Republic every summer just to remain Dominicans.
Autobiographical elements in her novel 'How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents' caused her mother to stop talking to her and also displeased her sisters.

Why she might not be annoying:

She is one of the most successful Hispanic writers of her time.
She and her family fled back to New York City when her father’s involvement in a plot to overthrow Rafael Trujillo was exposed.
Three months later, three of her father’s co-conspirators were executed.
She encountered discrimination in her school due to her Hispanic heritage.
She became a writer because writing helped her deal with the hardship of getting used to a new culture and language.
Her works focused on life as an immigrant.
She is also a skilled artist who illustrated pictures for children’s books.

Credit: Big Lenny

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Poets
• 21st Century Poets
• Big Lenny's Profiles [Series 02]
• Dominicans
• I Attended Syracuse University
• I Write Bildungsroman
• Influenced by Joseph Campbell
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at My Bling Bling
• National Endowment for the Arts’ The Big Read Selections [Authors] (Ranked: 2010)
• Poets
• Profiles 28251-28500 (Ranked: 28380)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 19 Votes: 10.53% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 51 Votes: 80.39% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 77 Votes: 61.04% Annoying