A brief lesson on João do Rio, the novelty of the chronicle, the fascination with the city that was modernizing and also the attention to the tradition that built it. An update of João do Rio's legacy as a key to understanding the contradiction in which we are founded.
Two fundamental names in contemporary Brazilian literature who, each in their own way, create forms of modern chronicles. Observation of the city and its walls, with a magnifying glass and sensitivity for those who are far from the big cities.
Two brilliant novelists who, through their literary creation, courageously discuss the most difficult issues of life in the diaspora: racism, the position of women, whitening and the founding pain of women who move amidst this violence, but learn and teach resistance, struggle and joy.
Ilaria Gaspari is a philosopher who looks to the history of ancient philosophy to understand the world and who we are today. Marcela Dantés is a writer who looks at modern psychoanalysis to tell stories that could be set in any time. Everything that goes on inside to build impressive narratives.
Two of the greatest names in Latin American literature talk about literature and their most recent novels, which reflect on how the climate emergency reaches every corner of the world, even small towns. A certain legacy of magical realism, feverish imagination and absolute literary skill guide their fundamental reflections on today's world.
Artificial intelligence, data usage policies, consumer choices: big techs are everywhere and controls the world with their silent network. A table to reflect on how they influence our way of consuming, working, creating and living.
On the centenary of James Baldwin, two authors bring together such different realities that converse about the legacy of a past marked by violence. In the US, the construction of a separate national identity as a resistance to the collective memories of an exiled people. In Brazil, the understanding that we still have a lot […]
The life of a woman told by herself, without traps that lead her to discuss, once again, motherhood or romantic relationships. Women as creators of a unique and living autonomy, but, above all, of a universal literature.
Understanding the mechanism of hatred on social media and in society is the central point of political discussion: how social media is used in the construction of polarization and how we are, in Brazil and around the world, held hostage by a system that feeds on this feeling.
A tribute to the most important indigenous leader in the country, who has been at the forefront of spreading the thinking of the indigenous peoples for decades. Alongside him, Txai Suruí, a young leader who is ready to carry on his legacy.
Two impressive literary constructions go back to the origins of Brazil to reflect on the formation of the country we are today, by revisiting colonialism and violence against indigenous peoples and using literature as a form of history, perhaps the most capable of understanding a country full of contradictions.
Atef Abu Saif was in Gaza when the bombings began and saw the city completely destroyed and his loved ones killed. Julia Dantas saw her home and neighborhood in Porto Alegre invaded by the flood waters, the first climate tragedy observed live across Brazil. The meeting between two diaries written in such different and brutal […]
