“Luisa Valenzuela’s books contain much of our present ... and much of our future,” wrote Julio Cortázar of the writer considered by many to be one of Argentine culture’s foremost modern interpreters. In this program, Valenzuela talks about her life as a writer and analyzes several of her works within the context of four basic influences—history, politics, sex, and feminism. She discusses literary censorship under a repressive military regime, and compares ideas present in the writings of Fuentes, Borges, García Márquez, Ocampo, and Orozco with those in several of her own works, including We Must Smile, The Lizard’s Tail, and Environmental Bar. (Spanish with English subtitles, 33 minutes)