Daniel Alarcón

Daniel Alarcón appears in the following:

La pregunta que llevó a una mujer a crear el primer archivo de reguetón puertorriqueño

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

El reguetón es parte de la identidad de Patricia Velásquez. Pero cuando le hicieron una pregunta comenzó una investigación que la llevaría a crear algo nuevo sobre el género musical.

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A tough question led one woman to create the first Puerto Rican reggaeton archive

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Patricia Velázquez spent her whole life listening to reggaeton. But when she was questioned about sexism in the songs, she began an investigation that would lead her to create something new.

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Peru's World Cup Team

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Peru's underdog World Cup squad lost Saturday to Denmark but has a chance of victory Thursday against France.

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Heartbreak, Migration & Betrayal In Daniel Alarcón's Short Stories

Monday, November 06, 2017

Award-winning author Daniel Alarcón joins us to discuss his new collection of short stories "The King Is Always Above the People."

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Pick Three: Daniel Alarcón

Friday, April 25, 2014

The most recent novel from Daniel Alarcon, At Night We Walk In Circles, was named on many year-end best-of lists in 2013. The Peruvian-born, Alabama-raised, San Francisco-based author...

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The Holmes Brothers Play Live; Author Daniel Alarcón Picks Three; 'Who Is William Onyeabor?'

Friday, April 25, 2014

In this episode: The legendary R&B and blues rock band The Holmes Brothers plays songs from their brand new album, Brotherhood, in the Soundcheck studio.

Then: The most recent novel from Daniel Alarcon, At Night We Walk In Circles, was named on many year-end best-of lists in 2013. The Peruvian-born, Alabama-raised, San Francisco-based author was recently named one of the best 20 Writers Under 40 by The New Yorker. But he's also a music fan, and shares this three-song playlist of a few of his favorite tracks. 

And: William Onyeabor released eight albums between 1977 and 1985. But, since then, the Nigerian musician has dropped off the map and we know next to nothing about him. But now this ultra-rare music is getting a new spotlight thanks to Eric Welles-Nystrom of the record label Luaka Bop, who helped assemble the recent compilation, Who Is William Onyeabor?, and Sinkane's Ahmed Gallab, who is one of the music directors of two upcoming tribute shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

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Daniel Alarcón's Imaginary Peru

Friday, November 15, 2013

Daniel Alarcón was only three years old when his family left Peru to settle in Alabama. But he’s been returning there in his imagination ever since, examining the aftermath of the war...

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Nobel Literature Prize

Thursday, October 07, 2010

Daniel Alarcón, Peruvian writer and author of Lost City Radio, discusses the Nobel Prize for Literature, which Mario Vargas Llosa won today.

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