30 YEARS: Anniversary Issue
Limited Edition
Vol. 8, No. 1-2
A co-publication of Point of Contact and Syracuse University Press


Point of Contact celebrates 30 years of publishing with an exceptional anthological issue, a collection of 33 essays and conversations with some of the most exciting critical thinkers of our times, all of whom contributed their works to Point of Contact over the last three decades. All of the texts are in English and for Spanish language readers, full translations will soon be accessible online at no cost, through this website.

CONTENT / SPANISH TRANSLATIONS

Editorial: A Journal's Journal: The Limits of Cross-Culture
Pedro Cuperman
Point of Contact: Writing Across Cultures, Fall 1995, Vol 4, No.2

The Limits of the Liberal Imagination:
One hundred Years of Solitude and Nostromo
Jean Franco
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact: December 1975, Vol.1, No.1

Interview with Eldridge Cleaver
Jaqueline Simon & Terry Karten
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact: December 1975, Vol.1, No.1

Jasper Johns and the Critique of Painting
Nicolas Calas
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact: March/April 1976, Vol.1, No.2

Towards a Semiotic Analysis of Cuna Molas
Dina & Joel Sherzer
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact: March/April 1976, Vol.1, No.2

Peirce and Fuentes: At the Age of Semiotic Activity
Floyd Merrell
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact: July 1977, Vol.1, No.4

Four Spanish Songs (a translation)
W.D. Snodgrass
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact: July 1977, Vol.1, No.4

Extremism in Oriental Philosophy
Vicente Fatone
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact: April/May 1978, Vol.2, No.1

Pubis Angelical (fragment)
Manuel Puig
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact: April/May 1978, Vol.2, No.1

The Writer in an Alien Culture
Carlos Fuentes
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact: Spring 1979, Vol.2, No.2

Millenarism as Liminality: The Andean Myth of Incarri
Mercedes L ópez-Baralt
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact: Spring 1979, Vol.2, No.2

The Concept of Truth in Becket's Discourse
Thomas Bishop
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact: Summer 1982, Vol.3, No.1-2

Octavio Paz: The Strategic Text
Hector Libertella
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact: Summer 1982, Vol. 3, No.1-2

On the Mexican Baroque
Elena Poniatowska
Point of Contact: The Americas Baroque: April 1993, Vol. 3, No.3

Paradiso and The Question of the Novel
Severo Sarduy
Point of Contact: The Americas Baroque: April 1993, Vol. 3, No.3

North to South—South to North: Literary Influences
Douglas Unger
Point of Contact: The Americas Baroque: April 1993, Vol. 3, No.3

Baroque and Neo-Barroque in the Society of the Spectacle
Peter Wollen
Point of Contact: The Americas Baroque: April 1993, Vol. 3, No.3

Baroque Fusions & Effusions
(The Tumultuous Perception of the Emotions)
Saul Yurkievich
Point of Contact: The Americas Baroque: April 1993, Vol. 3, No.3

Instructions for Taking a Leap: Cortázar in the City and Beyond the Books
Alicia Borinsky
Point of Contact: On Julio Cortázar: Fall/Winter 1994, Vol. 4, No.1

The Vicissitudes of Water
Julio Cortázar
Point of Contact: On Julio Cortázar: Fall/Winter 1994, Vol. 4, No.1

La Maga: A Desired Truth
Pedro Cuperman
Point of Contact: On Julio Cortázar: Fall/Winter 1994, Vol. 4, No.1

The Lesson of Cortázar
Julio Ortega
Point of Contact: On Julio Cortázar: Fall/Winter 1994, Vol. 4, No.1

Blow up: A House With Many Stories
José Sanjinés
Point of Contact: On Julio Cortázar: Fall/Winter 1994, Vol. 4, No.1

A Conversation with Amy Tan: Literature & Film
Pedro Cuperman
Point of Contact: Eye On Cinema: Winter-Spring 1997, Vol. 5, No.1

A Conversation with Haile Gerima:Politics & Film
Gloria Gibson
Point of Contact: Eye On Cinema: Winter-Spring 1997, Vol. 5, No.1

A Conversation with Philip Glass: Music & Film
Owen Shapiro & Andrew Wagoner
Point of Contact: Eye On Cinema: Winter-Spring 1997, Vol. 5, No.1

A Conversation with Wayne Wang: Filmmaking & Ethnic Boundaries
Owen Shapiro & Chen-Tsung Yau
Point of Contact: Eye On Cinema: Winter-Spring 1997, Vol. 5, No.1

A Conversation with Trisha Brown
Pedro Cuperman
Point of Contact: On Silence: Fall/Winter 2001, Vol. 5, No.2

The Power of Silence
Raimon Panikkar
Point of Contact: On Silence: Fall/Winter 2001, Vol. 5, No.2

A Conversation with Patricia Barber
Christine Fawcett and Owen Shapiro
Point of Contact: On Love: Spring 2002 , Vol. 6, No.1-2

Poliphonic Eroticism, Roche, Truffaut and the Literary Menage
Robert Stam
Point of Contact: On Love: Spring 2002 , Vol. 6, No.1-2

A Conversation with Mary Karr & Bruce Smith: Poetry & Sports
Pedro Cuperman
Point of Contact: On Sports: Spring 2004 , Vol. 7, No.1-2

The Hand of God
Mario Diament
Point of Contact: On Sports: Spring 2004 , Vol. 7, No.1-2

Contributors' Bios
A 30th anniversary reception & presentation of the new edition at SU
30-Years In Review, by Douglas Unger

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Point of Contact is a book series published by Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact Inc, an independent, 501c3 non profit organization housed on the campus of Syracuse University, supported by grants from Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences; The Department of Languages, Literature and Linguistics; the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Division of International Programs Abroad (DIPA). Founded in 1975, Point of Contact provides a cross-disciplinary space for world renowned as well as emerging artists and scholars. Since its origins, it retains strong ties to Latin American arts and literature.