Dr. Ramirez
Julia Alvarez. !Yo!
Part II
The Student: Variation
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The title
is a pun on Yo Garcia's use of Lou Castellucci's short story on football.
In Yo's account, she introduces a Latino baseball player and his
Tio and father.
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Professor
Garcia is an anomaly in the New Hampshire college (which is based on Alvarez's
own tenure at the elite Middlebury College in Vermont).
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The comments
are standard for writing classes: Please come see me, You're onto
rich material here.
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Reference
to tenure process: "My first-year review board feels my publications aren't
substantial enough. They want a major
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publisher"
(175)
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At the end
of the chapter, Yo faces the tenure decision: " She's published a new book
with Norton and seems happy here now." 183
The Suitor: Resolution
Dexter Hays visits the Dominican
Republic and realizes that he and Yo are still worlds apart. They have
made a resolution to end their
affair.