Writer's Voice: Juan Alvarado Valdivia, Fiction
Juan Alvarado Valdivia is a Peruvian-American writer who was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and raised in Fremont, California. His first book, ¡Cancerlandia!: A Memoir, received an Honorable Mention for the 2016 International Latino Book Award for Best Biography in English. His fiction and nonfiction work have appeared in The Acentos Review, Black Heart Magazine, The Cortland Review, Label Me Latina/o, Origins Journal, Prairie Schooner, and Thread. He has been awarded fellowships at the Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, and Ucross Foundation. His short story collection, Ballad of a Slopsucker, was published earlier this year by the University of New Mexico Press.
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