A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 â€" Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, LGBTQ Reads, Latinx in Publishing*R...
A Best Book of 2023 - Publisher's Weekly, Electric Literature, Chicago Public LibraryLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 STORY PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE"Alejandro Varela’s The People Who Report More Stress: Stories is a maste...
“Middle Spoon subverts the ordinary novel with intelligence and vulnerability. . . . Varela has made a sly, analytical opera of the heart.” -- Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less and Less Is Lost“A rollicking delight! . . . Varela asks prov...