#59 | Santiago Llach

SUBSCRIBE to our channel. You'll be giving us a huge boost with the algorithm. It's just one click: https://tinyurl.com/2tymmhaz Santiago Llach has been a poet, editor, and one of the most successful writing teachers of recent decades. Now, he says, like his admired Borges, he is above all a reader. He came to our studio to talk about autobiographical literature (in favor), about the paranoia surrounding the dumbing down of society (against), about Calamaro's best period and the benefits of being relegated to the second division, among many other topics. Topics: 0:11 Links between literature and society 09:44 The much-maligned “literature of the self” 13:26 The writer as an authority figure 16:30 The internet and amateurism 20:11 Football and rock identity 24:57 On contemporary fiction 33:54 Llach's lineages 36:05 Interest in religion 38:31 The Piglia model vs. the Fogwill model 39:45 Progressivism in the world of letters 41:58 The poetry of the 90s 43:32 Houellebecq and Carrère 45:28 Writing in the age of AI 46:47 Being an entrepreneur in culture 48:02 Overrated, underrated: María Kodama, David Carlos Nazareno Bisconti, César Aira, Quequén 50:57 “Being a writer who doesn't write” 📌 Find more analysis and perspectives on our website: https://seul.ar 📬 Sign up to receive our newsletters: https://seul.ar/newsletter/ 🪙 Become a member of Seúl and help us continue growing: https://seul.ar/hacete-socio/ 🔊 Music: "Grabaciones" by Camila Brancowitz. You can also find us on: 📸 Instagram: /revista.seul 🐦 X: /revistaseul 📘 Facebook: /revista.seul