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EPISODE · Mar 16, 2016 · 1H 1M

Episode 184: Daniel Alarcón

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Daniel Alarcón, a novelist and the co-founder of Radio Ambulante, has written for Harper's, California Sunday, and the New York Times Magazine. “I’m a writer. I’ve written a bunch of books, and I care a lot about my sentences and my prose and all that. But would I be willing to defend my book in a Peruvian prison? That’s a litmus test I think a lot of writers I know would fail.” Thanks to MailChimp, Audible, and Home Chef for sponsoring this week's episode. Show Notes: @DanielGAlarcon danielalarcon.org Alarcón on Longform [3:00] Pop-Up Magazine [3:00] "Rigoberto" (Harper’s • Jan 2012) [7:00] War by Candlelight: Stories (Harper Perennial • 2006) [9:00] "All Politics Is Local" (Harper’s • Feb 2012) [15:00] At Night We Walk in Circles: A Novel (Riverhead Books • 2013) [17:00] "Let’s Go, Country" (Harper’s • Sep 2006) [18:00] Etiqueta Negra [19:-0] "City of Clowns" (New Yorker • Jun 2003) [19:00] "Grand Mall Seizure" (Alternet • Dec 2004) [26:00] Lost City Radio (Harper Perennial • 2008) [28:00] Radio Ambulante [38:00] "#47 Quit Already!" (Reply All • Dec 2015) [45:00] "Code Red" (New York Times Magazine • Aug 2015) [47:00] "What Kind of Latino Am I" (Salon • May 2005) [50:47] "The Contestant" (California Sunday • Oct 2014) [50:47] "The Contestant" (Radio Ambulante • May 2014) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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