Point of Contact 1981

This 1981 edition of Point of Contact includes the proceedings from the P.E.N. Conference on the Disappeared and Tortured in Latin America, with writings by Ramsay Clark, Pablo Antonio Cuadra, Richard Falk, and Carlos Martínez Moreno. The issue also includes Oscar Hahn’s testimony on Chile, a literary fragment by Isaac Goldemberg, writings by Severo Sarduy, and critical discussions on politics and literature in Argentina by Andrés Avellaneda, Luis Harss, Luisa Valenzuela, and Saúl Yurkievich.

Additional contributions explore questions of identity, culture, and representation through essays by Pedro Cuperman, Juan Acha, and Jorge Lima Barreto. The issue concludes with reviews and critical commentary, including an examination of Borges by Jaime Alazraki, alongside visual works by Denise Green and Teodoro Maus.

This digital version of the original Point of Contact edition is accessible in digital format here, or in print, available for purchase through Punto Shop.