17 November 2011
Title: “Alejandra”
Vol. 10, No. 1-2
EDITED BY IVONNE BORDELOIS & PEDRO CUPERMAN
230 PAGES / ENGLISH-SPANISH
Donated by: Point of Contact
THE LITERARY WORLD OF THE GREAT CITY OF
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA WELCOMES WITH OPEN ARMS THE 2010 POINT OF CONTACT EDITION INSPIRED BY THE LIFE AND POETRY OF ALEJANDRA PIZARNIK.
The new bilingual issue of the Point of Contact book series focuses on the life and verse of the Argentine poet, Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972), a leading feminine voice in contemporary Latin American letters. Based on a collection of letters from young Alejandra, all unpublished until now, this significant compendium approaches Pizarnik’s work through an intimate dialogue, and a series of critical texts, including essays by Olga Orozco, Fiona Mackintosh, Susana Cháves Silverman, Madeleine Stratford, Tamara Kamenszain, Silvia Baron Supervielle, and María Negroni. Visual texts by Graciela Sacco, Nayda Collazo-Llorens, and Patricia Bentancur.