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Project of the Week: PERRA!

Project of the Week: PERRA!

You know how it is, you meet a guy, start sleeping together, and suddenly you’ve got that sexually transmitted disease where you turn into a dog every time you have sex…no? It isn’t a common GUM clinic complaint, but it is the problem facing Abigail Villalobos, the protagonist in new teen comic ‘PERRA’.

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Author Spotlight: César Aira

Author Spotlight: César Aira

With the excuse of his book ‘Varamo’ being published in English, Joey Rubin takes us through the unique writing style of Argentine author César Aira, based on a juxtaposition of social reality with the absurd.

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Top 5 Alternative Workshops

Top 5 Alternative Workshops

From dreamers and bibliophiles to grunge rockers and artists, Buenos Aires is a thriving city of culture that offers something for everyone.

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The Man Who Interviewed Videla

The Man Who Interviewed Videla

Marc Rogers speaks to renowned journalist Ceferino Reato, whose latest book reconstructs Argentina’s 1976-83 dictatorship based on the exclusive first-hand testimony of chief protagonist, Jorge Videla.

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Top 5 Argentine Literary Reviews

Top 5 Argentine Literary Reviews

Cosmopolitan, urban and elitist on one hand, international and socialist on the other, Argentina’s literary reviews provided an important forum for the big names in Argentine writing. Jess Cotton compiles this week’s Top 5 of reviews that have helped shape national literature…

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Rodolfo Walsh: Defender of Free Journalism

Rodolfo Walsh: Defender of Free Journalism

Kate Bowen continues the Beyond Borges series with Rodolfo Walsh: an Argentine writer famous for founding the genre of investigative journalism.

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Alejandra Pizarnik: The Darkest Legacy Left

Alejandra Pizarnik: The Darkest Legacy Left

The Beyond Borges series returns with Alejandra Pizarnik, the third female author to appear in the series and one of the most important and complex poets in Argentine writing.

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The Indy Eye: Buenos Aires International Book Fair, 2012

The Indy Eye: Buenos Aires International Book Fair, 2012

The 2012 Buenos Aires International Book Fair runs through Monday the 7th. Photographers Beatrice Murch and Sam Verhaert share their experiences.

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VIDEO: Buenos Aires International Book Fair, 2012

VIDEO: Buenos Aires International Book Fair, 2012

Jorge Santander heads along to Buenos Aires International Book Fair, the world’s largest Spanish language book fair, to investigate Argentina’s love affair with literature.

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Poet Profile: Reynaldo Jiménez

Poet Profile: Reynaldo Jiménez

To conclude our collaborative series with Palabras Errantes, the Indy profiles the celebrated poet and cultural commentator, Reynaldo Jiménez.

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