Julia Alvarez Launch of Her Novel The Cemetery of Untold Stories

New York, NY, March 22, 2024 –On April 3, the literary icon, Julia Alvarez (How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent, In the Time of the Butterflies), will rejoice the launch of her newest novel, “The Cemetery of Untold Stories,” in partnership with Word Up Community Bookshop on the United Palace in Washington Heights. Alvarez will probably be in dialog with two fellow Dominican-American bestselling authors Angie Cruz (Dominicana, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water) and Elizabeth Acevedo (The Poet X, Family Lore). The e book will probably be printed concurrently in English and Spanish.

In the middle of the most important Dominican diaspora on this planet, and on the majestic 94-year-old theater within the coronary heart of the Heights, these three generations of authors will come collectively for a dialogue of Alvarez’s work and its influence. In the foreword to the thirtieth anniversary version of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, Acevedo writes, “A technology of writers have been empowered to select up their pens after they first picked up this e book… (Alvarez) proved that our shared island and the folks we come from have wealthy and nuanced tales that should be advised.” It will probably be an evening of literary star energy and a celebration of the wealthy legacy of storytelling from Dominican-American novelists.

The Cemetery of Untold Stories tells the story of Alma, a celebrated creator who inherits a plot of land in her homeland of the Dominican Republic, the place she chooses to bury the drafts of unfinished manuscripts from all through her profession–a graveyard for the characters whose tales she by no means completed. Yet the characters and their tales received’t keep buried, because the ghosts of these characters come to life and converse with one another concerning the previous. This novel asks the query: Whose tales get to be advised, and whose are buried?

Ticket/occasion data: The occasion begins at 7pm (doorways open at 6pm). Tickets with a e book included are $30 for English books, and $22 for the e book in Spanish. All books bought with tickets will probably be signed, however there will probably be no signing after the occasion. A ticket with no e book prices $10 for adults and $5 for youngsters. The occasion can even be livestreamed for a ticket value of $8. The United Palace is positioned at 4140 Broadway, New York, NY 10033 in Washington Heights. This venue is totally wheelchair accessible. There will probably be Spanish and ASL interpreters onsite.

This program is supported partly by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Word Up Community Bookshop’s applications are made attainable by the New York State Council on the Arts with the assist of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Julia Alvarez is the creator of six novels, three nonfiction books, three poetry collections, and eleven books for youngsters and younger adults. In the Time of the Butterflies, with over a million copies in print, was chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts for its nationwide Big Read program, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National Medal of Arts in recognition of her extraordinary storytelling.

Angie Cruz is the creator of the novels How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water, Soledad, Let It Rain Coffee, and Dominicana, which was shortlisted for The Women’s Prize and a Good Morning America Book Club decide. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Aster(ix), a literary and humanities journal, and is an affiliate professor of English on the University of Pittsburgh.

Elizabeth Acevedo is the bestselling and award-winning creator of The Poet X, With the Fire on High, Clap When You Land, and Family Lore. She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion, and resides in Washington, DC.

Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria is a multilingual, collectively operated bookshop and humanities area in Washington Heights. Embracing cooperative practices, Word Up champions books and storytelling in all kinds to construct and maintain a extra simply world, and strives to make the Washington Heights neighborhood a resource-rich web site for all. Word Up Community Bookshop is the assumed title of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit group Seven Stories Institute.