Alejandro Varela

Alejandro Varela’s work has appeared in The Point Magazine, Boston Review, Harper’s, and the Offing, among other outlets. Varela is an editor-at-large of Apogee Journal. His graduate studies were in public health. His first book, The Town of Babylon, was a Finalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction. The People Who Report More Stress, his second book, is a book of interconnected stories exploring modern stressors and anxieties as they relate to the body.

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Adult Authorfiction

Schedule Of Events:

- 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION PRESENTS: CHASING FREEDOM
- 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
- Location of Session: Latino Collection Resource Center
Adult Sessions

NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION PRESENTS: CHASING FREEDOM
- 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
- Location of Session: Latino Collection Resource Center
- Start of Signing: 12:30 pm
- Signing Location: Festival Marketplace
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
LONG LIVE SHORT STORIES
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Location of Session: Festival Room
Adult Sessions

LONG LIVE SHORT STORIES
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Location of Session: Festival Room
- Start of Signing: 4:15 pm
- Signing Location: Festival Marketplace

Books by Alejandro Varela

The People Who Report More Stress: Stories

The People Who Report More Stress: Stories is a collection of interconnected stories brimming with the anxieties of people who retreat into themselves while living in the margins, acutely aware of the stresses that modern life takes upon the body and the body politic.
The Town of Babylon

Captivating and poignant; a modern coming-of-age story about the essential nature of community, The Town of Babylon is a page-turning novel about young love and a close examination of our social systems and the toll they take when they fail us.