Dazzling young writer previews new novel Nov. 2 - FREE

• October 27, 2011 9:00am

Don't miss writer Daniel Alarcón’s first appearance on the Cal State East Bay Campus Nov. 2 when he reads from “At Night We Walk in Circles,” a novel-in-progress.

The free program, sponsored by the English Department Distinguished Writers Series, will be at 7 p.m. in the Biella Room of the University Library, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward.

“Adept in both the short story and novel, he is a writer's writer, a craftsman of the highest order, but with a heart,” said Steve Gutierrez, professor of English, director of the CSUEB creative writing program, and event organizer.

Born in Lima, Peru in 1977, Alarcón was raised from the age of 3 in Birmingham, AL. He is associate editor of “Etiqueta Negra,” a monthly magazine based in Lima. His short-story collection, “War by Candlelight,” was a finalist for the 2006 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. His first novel, “Lost City Radio,” was named a Best Novel of the year by the “San Francisco Chronicle,” the “Washington Post,” and others. The “New Yorker” named him one of 20 promising writers under 40.

Alarcón is a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley Center of Latin American Studies. Earlier, he was a Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College, and a Visiting Writer at California College of the Arts.

He earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Columbia University and a master's from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has studied in Ghana and taught in New York City. His fiction, journalism and translations have appeared in “A Public Space,” “El País,” “McSweeney’s,” “n+1,” and “Harper’s.”

You can preview Alarcón’s writing style at: http://www.danielalarcon.com/writings

CSUEB welcomes persons with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodation upon request. Please notify event sponsor in advance at (510) 885-3151, if accommodation is needed.

Campus parking is $2 per hour or $10 per day, per vehicle – payable at kiosk machines that take credit cards and ATM. 

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