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Ly Thi Lan and Mónica Velásquez: Author Interview

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Writers Ly Thi Lan and Mónica Velásquez interview each other.  Velásquez speaks of how she came to start writing poetry after a serious illness.  The women talk about the similarities between their writing despite coming from such different backgrounds.  Velásquez talks about the numerous different cultures and languages within Bolivia.  Ly Thi Lan talks about the stigmatism still attached to her country despite it being 20 years since the Vietnam War.  To end the interview, both women read some of their poetry in their native languages.

In: International Writing Program Archive

Authors: Ly Thi Lan , Mónica Velásquez Guzmán

Date Recorded: January 01, 1997

Program: --

Format: interview

Topics: Bolivian multiculturalism; Vietnam war; karma; reincarnation; difference between writing for children and adults;

Note: Month and Day are unknown.

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