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The London Times called Daniel Alarcón’s first book, the story collection War by Candlelight, a “luminous beginning,” and the writer Edward P. Jones noted that “Daniel Alarcón’s stories are one of the reasons we go to storytellers—they present worlds we have only imagined or heard about in less truthful and poetic ways.” In his second book, the novel Lost City Radio, Alarcón explored the long-reverberating consequences of civil war; the novel is, as Jonathan Yardley said, “a fable for an entire continent, and no less pertinent in other parts of the world.” From the beginning of Alarcón’s writing career, his work has been recognized both nationally and internationally. Alarcón was named a Best Young American novelist by Granta, was one of the New Yorker 20 under 40 in 2010, and received the International Literature Prize from the House of World Cultures. He is also the recipient of a Whiting Award, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and a Lannan Writing Fellowship. Alarcón is an astoni

The Rumpus Interview with Daniel Alarcón - The Rumpus Skip to content Features & Reviews Interviews The Rumpus Interview with Daniel Alarcón By Catherine Brady • January 20, 2014 The London Times called Daniel Alarcón’s first book, the story collection War by Candlelight , a “luminous beginning,” and the writer Edward P. Jones noted that “Daniel Alarcón’s stories are one of the reasons we go to storytellers—they present worlds we have only imagined or heard about in less truthful and poetic ways.” In his second book, the novel Lost City Radio , Alarcón explored the long-reverberating consequen

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