--- title: Alejandro Puyana | TIME description: Alejandro Puyana is a Venezuelan writer living in Austin and received his MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. His story, “The Hands of Dirty Children,” was selected by Curtis Sittenfeld for Best American Short Stories 2020 and his debut novel, Freedom Is a Feast, is set in Chávez-era Venezuela and was published in August by Little, Brown. canonical: https://time.com/author/alejandro-puyana/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/alejandro-puyana/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Alejandro Puyana ## Alejandro Puyana Alejandro Puyana is a Venezuelan writer living in Austin and received his MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. His story, “The Hands of Dirty Children,” was selected by Curtis Sittenfeld for Best American Short Stories 2020 and his debut novel, _Freedom Is a Feast_, is set in Chávez-era Venezuela and was published in August by Little, Brown. ## Alejandro Puyana *  Apr 30, 2025 ### [Trump's Latino Supporters Are Having Buyer's Remorse](https://time.com/7281210/us-latinos-trump-buyers-remorse/) Many are having a change of heart just 100 days into the second Trump Administration. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 14, 2024 ### [Why Trump's Message Worked on Latino Men](https://time.com/7175758/hispanic-men-us-election-trump/) It's the role that Latino men played in helping elect Donald Trump that stings most. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 30, 2024 ### [Taking My Venezuelan Mom to Vote Reminded Me What's at Stake](https://time.com/7130906/alejandro-puyana-essay-venezuela-us-election/) My great fear is that, if Trump wins the election, the U.S. might go down a similar autocratic path ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/alejandro-puyana/","name":"Alejandro Puyana"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/alejandro-puyana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/alejandro-puyana/"},"name":"Alejandro Puyana","jobTitle":null,"description":"Alejandro Puyana is a Venezuelan writer living in Austin and received his MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. His story, “The Hands of Dirty Children,” was selected by Curtis Sittenfeld for Best American Short Stories 2020 and his debut novel, Freedom Is a Feast, is set in Chávez-era Venezuela and was published in August by Little, Brown.","url":"https://time.com/author/alejandro-puyana/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```