text: This author wrote "Aunts to our sisters' boys, / we bring them squawking rubber monsters, / birthday poems pasted in the growing albums," in her poem "Heroics."
full_question: This author wrote "Aunts to our sisters' boys, / we bring them squawking rubber monsters, / birthday poems pasted in the growing albums," in her poem "Heroics." In another poem, from her debut collection Homecoming, she states, "Let's make a modern primer for our kids: / A is for Auschwitz; B for Biafra; Chile: Dachau: El Salvador." In a novel by this author, Lío Morales is forced to flee and Dedé describes the deaths of her sisters Minerva, María Teresa, and Patria, who are collectively referred to as "Las Mariposas." The twice-divorced Yolanda is the title character of Yo!, the sequel to this author's best-known novel; in that novel, the CIA agent Vic helps Laura, Carlos, and their four daughters escape to the United States. For 10 points, name this author who portrayed the Trujillo regime of the Dominican Republic in such works as In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.
first_sentence: This author wrote "Aunts to our sisters' boys, / we bring them squawking rubber monsters, / birthday poems pasted in the growing albums," in her poem "Heroics."
raw_answer: Julia Alvarez