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This is Osman Lins

With two more of his inventive books now available in English, the late Brazilian ...

Best-seller books, plays & movies

PLAYS   Alice que Delícia — Written by Antônio Bivar and directed by Nildo ...

Literature: Jorge Amado’s Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Vadinho, Dona Flor’s first husband died on a Sunday of Carnaval, in the morning, ...

Ana Maria Bahiana: America earns low marks

After almost nine years in the US reporting on Hollywood and the American scene, ...

Poetry João Cabral de Melo Neto

— This hole in which you are, measured in palms, is the smallest share ...

Paulo Coelho

In France, Australia, Spain, and Brazil, naturally, he has been a constant guest of ...

Ball, Sex and Cachaça in the Tragic Life of Brazilian Hero Garrincha

Reading Garrincha, Ruy Castro’s splendid study of the forgotten Brazilian right-winger and twice World ...

Brazil Eliminates Taxes on Books

Brazil’s goverment decision to  eliminate taxes on the production, sale, and importation of books ...

A Plan to Make Brazilians Read

On the average, a Brazilian reads less than 2 books per year; 1.8 books ...

Brazil Places an Order for 93 Million Textbooks

The National Fund for Educational Development (FNDE) has already completed the purchase of the ...