“The secret miracle: the novelist's handbook” edited by Daniel Alarcón “The world's best contemporary writers—from Michael Chabon and Claire Messud to Jonathan Lethem and Amy Tan—engage in a wide-ranging, insightful, and oft- surprising roundtable discussion on the art of writing fiction.” Extracted from Amazon. See also: http://us.macmillan.com/thesecretmiracle/DanielAlarcon http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7225851-the-secret-miracle http://www.bookslut.com/nonfiction/2010_10_016681 .php http://lat.ms/1gMZ7kI The recommended titles are in
“City of Clowns” by Daniel Alarcón and Sheila Alvarado “This story by Daniel Alarcón, included in his first book, War by Candlelight, now acquires, in collaboration with the artist Sheila Alvarado, a new dimension. The graphic novel format, its panels and images, its darkness and silences, seem to fit ideally with
“Lost city radio” by Daniel Alarcón “For ten years, Norma has been the on-air voice of consolation and hope for the Indians in the mountains and the poor from the barrios—a people broken by war's violence. As the host of Lost City Radio, she reads the names of those who have disappeared—those whom she the furiously