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On Oct. 20, and Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact will present a symposium on poet Alejandra Pizarnik. It will take place at 6 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium.

This event is about the essential conflict of a contemporary Latin American poet vis-à-vis her world. In this woman’s life and body of work, conflict could not be reduced to a psychological problem, but rather was the mark of the existential clash faced by a generation of women.

A panel of distinguished guests will include:

• Jaklin Kornfilt, professor of linguistics in SU’s College of Arts and Sciences;
• Bruce Smith, poet and professor of English in SU’s College of Arts and Sciences; 
• Madeleine Stratford, professor in the Department of Language Studies at Université du Québec, Outaouais; and
• Nayda Collazo Llorens and Patricia Bentancur, artists and creators of two original visual texts included in the new Point of Contact edition, inspired by Pizarnik’s poetry.

“Conflict: Peace and War” is the theme of the 2010 ���ϲ����� Symposium, an annual intellectual and artistic festival held on the SU campus. The SU Humanities Center organizes and presents ���ϲ����� Symposium for SU’s College of Arts and Sciences and for the University community. More information is available by calling (315) 443-7192.

Punto de Contacto-Point of Contact is an independent non-profit arts organization in residence at SU.