Brazil
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April 27, 2020 |
Statue of Ramos at Ponta Verde beach, Maceió, Brazil / Wikipedia In her new translation of Graciliano Ramos’s São Bernardo, forthcoming early next month from New York Rev... -
August 26, 2016 |
Photo by Syd Wachs/Unsplash News, Reviews, and Interviews The September issue of WLT is here! Get your print or digital copy, or read the entire issue on the website for only $1.25 a month.... -
August 18, 2016 |
Photo by Eli Samuelu/Unsplash News, Reviews, and Interviews For #WITmonth, Words Without Borders lists 31 women authors in translation to read now. A “working-class academic” reports to VI... -
July 29, 2016 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews The 2016 Man Booker Prize longlist has been announced. Finalist J. M. Coetzee is a past WLT contributor and was our 2003 Puterbaugh Fellow. PEN America has ann... -
April 5, 2016 |
Westpark, “parkverbot,” 2009 Alice Sant’Anna (b. 1988) is a prize-winning critically and internationally acclaimed poet from Rio de Janeiro who follows in the path of Brazil’s “marginal generation” p... -
July 8, 2014 |
The corner of Ipiranga at Avenue São João. Photo by Ricardo Romanoff With all eyes on the World Cup in Brazil and one semifinal due to be played in São Paulo’s Arena Corinthians on July... -
March 28, 2013 |
“In the city of São Paulo, I propose, identities did not just repeat and move, they simultaneously sprinted and ponderously ran the marathon.”–Discontented Diaspora... -
August 31, 2012 |
This week was full of new items worthy of our "Fun Finds and Inspiration" title. But don't forget to mark your calendars with the events listed under "For Your Calendar"! News, Reviews, and In... -
July 24, 2012 |
Brazil is the largest country in South America, boasting a population of over 190 million people. The country also boasts a rich culture filled with food, sport, music, and tourism. Experience Brazili...
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