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41. Jorge Boccanera: Interview [1992] (1:01:29)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Boccanera, Jorge A.
Summary:
During his interview with Esteban Peicovich, Jorge Boccanera talks about his poems, his birthplace (Bahía Blanca, Argentina), his beginnings as a writer, Luis Cardoza y Aragon (a Guatemalan writer that influenced his works), radio programs with Litto Nebia and Humberto Constantini, his poems as lyrics for famous Argentine singers and his life in Costa Rica. The last part of the interview is a discussion of Boccanera's book in progress about Juan Gelman and Gelman's literary works, his personality and other aspects of Gelman's life. Also during the interview poems are read by both Peicovich and Boccanera.

43. Leopoldo Brizuela: Interview (50:24)

Date:
199X
Main contributors:
Brizuela, Leopoldo
Summary:
Esteban Peicovich interviews Leopoldo Brizuela on the ways and styles of his writings. Brizuela talks about his preferences when writing about a character, how different are narratives from essays and his own writing style. At the request of Peicovich, Brizuela talks about the difference between explaining and describing events in a story, the most effective uses of person (first or third person singular) and tenses (verb forms) and other techniques to write stories or novels. Brizuela uses examples to illustrate his points.

45. María Angélica Bosco: Interview (1:08:30)

Date:
2003
Main contributors:
Bosco, María Angélica
Summary:
During her interview with Esteban Peicovich at her Buenos Aires home, María Angélica Bosco talks about her beginnings as a writer, her family, her friends (Argentine writers, Silvina Bullrich, Martha Lynch and Silvia Poletti), famous authors who influenced her (Graham Greene and G.K. Chesterton), and the themes of her literary works. Five of her books were detective stories, but she was most interested in social issues, like the situation of women in the Argentine middle class of the 1950s. Her books include La muerte baja en el ascensor, La muerte soborna a Pandora, La trampa, El comedor de diario, Doinde está el cordero?, La Negra Vélez y su ángel, Historia privada, Cartas de mujeres, Retorno a "La Ilusioin", En la estela de un secuestro, Muerte en la costa del río, En la piel del otro, La muerte vino de afuera, El soitano, Las burlas del porvenir, and Tres historias de mujeres. Her published books also include essays like Borges y los otros and Carta abierta a Judas. Bosco wrote several scripts for a detective series called Divisioin Homicidios, from 1977 to 1979. She received several awards and was named woman of the year in 1987. Bosco talks about her autobiography, Memoria de las casas, her diaries, her everyday life at her 91 years, her friendship with J.L. Borges and Julio Cortazar's correspondence with her. The interview ends with Bosco reading one of her stories, Un lunes diferente.

47. NASA Space Note No. 82 (12:29)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
Sullivan, Kathy, 1951-
Summary:
NASA Space Notes from series 82, comprised of ten 60 second episodes.

48. NASA Space Stories 1076-1079 (19:27)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
Woodgate, Bruce, Jastrow, Robert, 1925-2008, Moore, Jesse W., Kirkland, Bill
Summary:
Includes 4 NASA Space Story special reports.

49. NASA Space Stories 1080-1083 (18:59)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
Farquhar, Robert W. (Robert Willard), Sullivan, Kathy, 1951-, Kniffen, D. A., 1933-, Thompson, David J., 1945-, Scully-Power, Paul, 1944-
Summary:
Includes 4 NASA Space Story special reports.

50. NASA Space Stories 1084-1087 (19:06)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
Crippen, Robert L., Leestma, David, Mann, Alfred E., Templeton, Patrick
Summary:
Includes 4 NASA Space Story special reports.