The Adventures of a Bored Journalist in the Magical Lands of Brazil and Latin America
With a population of more than 2.5 million, Manaus is by far the largest ...
Lula Launches Book and Says He Will Be a Political Prisoner If Arrested Now
Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has released his new book, ‘The ...
The Cantora: A Historical Novel About Brazil in the Early 1500s
The Cantora (The Native Singer of Colonial Brazil) is both a young adult and ...
When Brazil Was the Best Route for Americans Searching for California’s Gold
“This small island has many attractions: its fruits have no rivals, its landscape is ...
A Sample of João do Rio, a Chronicler of a Frenetic Rio a Century Ago
João do Rio was an exuberant journalist. He was exuberant in his style of ...
Palmares, Brazil’s Slave Rebellion, Still Going On 400 Years Later
The Quilombo dos Palmares was a nation of fugitive slaves, Indians, and a few ...
An Excerpt from Machado de Assis, Brazil’s Greatest Writer Ever
Ex Cathedra is a collection of short stories by Brazil’s most renowned writer, Machado ...
Brazilian Writer Rubem Alves on the Mystery of Love
From Tender Returns, a new translation of Brazilian writer Rubem Alves. Alves, a theologian, ...
A Wandering Brazilian Poet Who Sees His Cultural Upbringing as Blessing and Curse
“Name at least one way to tame the upsurges of tiresome suns, though the ...
Brazilians Special Kind of Blindness: They Can’t See They Are Racist
University of Arizona anthropologist Jennifer Roth-Gordon spent 10 days in Brazil leading up to ...
