Daniel Alarc\xf3n, a novelist and the co-founder of Radio Ambulante, has written for Harper's, California Sunday, and the New York Times Magazine.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m a writer. I\u2019ve 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\u2019s a litmus test I think a lot of writers I know would fail.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Audible, and Home Chef for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow Notes:\n@DanielGAlarcon\ndanielalarcon.org\nAlarc\xf3n on Longform\n[3:00] Pop-Up Magazine\n[3:00] "Rigoberto" (Harper\u2019s \u2022 Jan 2012)\n[7:00] War by Candlelight: Stories (Harper Perennial \u2022 2006)\n[9:00] "All Politics Is Local" (Harper\u2019s \u2022 Feb 2012)\n[15:00] At Night We Walk in Circles: A Novel (Riverhead Books \u2022 2013)\n[17:00] "Let\u2019s Go, Country" (Harper\u2019s \u2022 Sep 2006)\n[18:00] Etiqueta Negra\n[19:-0] "City of Clowns" (New Yorker \u2022 Jun 2003)\n[19:00] "Grand Mall Seizure" (Alternet \u2022 Dec 2004)\n[26:00] Lost City Radio (Harper Perennial \u2022 2008)\n[28:00] Radio Ambulante\n[38:00] "#47 Quit Already!" (Reply All \u2022 Dec 2015)\n[45:00] "Code Red" (New York Times Magazine \u2022 Aug 2015)\n[47:00] "What Kind of Latino Am I" (Salon \u2022 May 2005)\n[50:47] "The Contestant" (California Sunday \u2022 Oct 2014)\n[50:47] "The Contestant" (Radio Ambulante \u2022 May 2014)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices