I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that…

- Daniel Alarcon

I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.

- Daniel Alarcon

I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.

- Daniel Alarcon

Peru is a country where more than half the people would emigrate if given the chance. Thats half the population that is willing to abandon everything…

- Daniel Alarcon

How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support netwo…

- Daniel Alarcon

When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and not particu…

- Daniel Alarcon

I have a love/hate relationship with the internet. It's obviously the central tool of how I work, and how I keep in touch with all the writers and th…

- Daniel Alarcon

For fiction, Im not particularly nationalistic. Im not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.

- Daniel Alarcon

As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasnt made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something diff…

- Daniel Alarcon