Lit 16: Meet Alejandro Varela

Author of "The Town of Babylon"

Image description: Alejandro Varela seen from the abdomen up, wearing eyeglasses and a white button-down shirt, some chest exposed, looking at the camera, smiling.

“Rosario and Álvaro arrived in this country, like many other immigrants before them, hungry, apologetic, oblivious, and from somewhere in worse condition. They were unaware of and unconcerned…