The Center for Fiction Presents Julia Alvarez on The Cemetery of Untold Stories with Edwidge Danticat

Julia Alvarez, literary icon and author of In the Time of the Butterflies, joins The Center for Fiction to discuss her magical new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories. Alvarez’s highly anticipated new work follows Alma Cruz, a writer who wants to lay her untold stories to rest by creating a graveyard where she buries her unfinished drafts and manuscripts. But despite their burial, Alma’s characters come to life, defying their author by sharing their secret stories. Set in Alvarez’s homeland of the Dominican Republic, the novel is a heartfelt love letter to storytelling and its power to bring people together. Alvarez is joined in conversation by acclaimed author, Edwidge Danticat (Breath, Eyes, Memory). Alvarez and Danticat, two esteemed authors of Caribbean American fiction, sit down for a rousing discussion about the novel and its questions regarding whose stories get to be told and what happens if our tales end. After the conversation, Alvarez will sign books.