Ariel Schettini: Raw Footage for IWP Interview Series
Ariel Schettini discusses his first book of poems, Estados Unidos (which translates in English to United States), with the interviewer, who is off-camera. When he was writing the book, he had not yet traveled to the United States of America. He wanted to write about something that he was unfamiliar with, and he believes that of instead of “writing what you know,” it’s more interesting to write about “what you’re never going to know.” As a way of describing the title, he shares that he thinks that poems are sorts of states, and so it seemed natural to title a collection of poems United States. He describes his work as a documentary film and television producer in Buenos Aires.
In: International Writing Program Archive
Authors: Ariel Schettini
Date Recorded: January 01, 1995
Program: --
Format: interview
Topics: Poetry writing
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