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A recording of Venezuelan poet Patricia Guzman reciting her own work is played. Esteban Peicovich interviews professor of Modern Language, Mercedes Roffe. Roffe was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1954 and graduated from the University of Buenos Aires in 1978. She's collaborated with magazines and newspapers in Barcelona, Mexico, and Madrid. Her work has been translated in English and has appeared in American magazines. She and Peicovich discuss the differentiation in culture in New York. They discuss reasons why people may or may not be more tolerant of different cultures in given situations. Peicovich talks about his experience with Latin American unity in New York and Roffe explains why this unity is not absolute. Roffe talks about her daily life and career in New York. She talks about the Hispanic poets she's familiar with, their writing styles and political purpose. Roffe has published several works, which are not discussed, including Poemas (1978), El tapiz de Ferdinand Oziel (1983), Camara baja (1987), La noche y las palabras (1996), and soon to be published Memorial de agravios. Mercedes Roffe has been living in the United States since 1985 and currently resides in New York City.
Converted with permission from sound cassette to compact disc by the Texas A&M University Libraries.
Interviewer, Esteban Peicovich ; interviewee, Mercedes Roffé.
Originally broadcast from Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 28, 1998 as a segment of the radio program Los Palabristas.
Reproduction. Roffé, Mercedes. Mercedes Roffé. [1998] 1 sound cassette : analog.