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The Travails of Maria the Beauty: On the Plight of Indigenous Women in the Brazilian Amazon

The Travails of Maria the Beauty: On the Plight of Indigenous Women in the Brazilian Amazon

Alex Cuadros Explores Patriarchy and Exploitation in a Context of Modern-Day Colonialism

By Alex Cuadros | January 6, 2025

The Price of “Progress.” On Development, Displacement and Dictatorship in the Amazon

The Price of “Progress.” On Development, Displacement and Dictatorship in the Amazon

José Henrique Bortoluci Explores Familial and Collective Memory of Authoritarian Rule in Brazil

By José Henrique Bortoluci | October 1, 2024

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Translating Race: Bruna Dantas Lobato on Jeferson Tenório’s <em

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The Dark Side of Skin">Translating Race: Bruna Dantas Lobato on Jeferson Tenório’s The Dark Side of Skin

“I let the racialized language live in the novel as it ought to, to stand as is.”

By Bruna Dantas Lobato | February 14, 2024

The Amazon’s History is Also That of Its Indigenous Residents

The Amazon’s History is Also That of Its Indigenous Residents

Eliane Brum on Whiteness, Bodies in Different Languages, and a More Holistic Approach to Ecology

By Eliane Brum | March 8, 2023

How the Upcoming Brazilian Presidential Election is a Referendum on Racism, Misogyny, and Military Rule

How the Upcoming Brazilian Presidential Election is a Referendum on Racism, Misogyny, and Military Rule

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By Keen On | September 23, 2022

How Brazil's Least Populated State is Handling an Influx of Immigration

How Brazil's Least Populated State is Handling an Influx of Immigration

Fábio Zuker Talks to Newly Arrived Venezuelan Families

By Fábio Zuker | June 15, 2022

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Writing the Human Element Into Climate Change Via Those Most At Risk

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Her Debut Novel">Claire Holroyde on the Wayãpi of the Nipukú River and
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By Claire Holroyde | January 15, 2021

Clarice Lispector’s Son on the Personal Politics of His Mother

Clarice Lispector’s Son on the Personal Politics of His Mother

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Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

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By A.J. Lees | October 6, 2020

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Why Didn't "Brazil's William Faulkner" Achieve the Same International Fame?

Padma Viswanathan on Graciliano Ramos

By Padma Viswanathan | June 3, 2020

How US Interventions in Indonesia and Brazil Set the Stage for the Next 50 Years

How US Interventions in Indonesia and Brazil Set the Stage for the Next 50 Years

Vincent Bevins on the Dictatorships Born of the Cold War

By Vincent Bevins | May 28, 2020

Pandemic in Brazil: Every Night We Take to Our Balconies in Protest

Pandemic in Brazil: Every Night We Take to Our Balconies in Protest

Francesca Angiolillo on Life with the Coronavirus Under Jair Bolsonaro

By Francesca Angiolillo | April 1, 2020

How to Break in to Publishing If You're a Smalltown Brazilian Mayor in the 1930s

How to Break in to Publishing If You're a Smalltown Brazilian Mayor in the 1930s

Novelist Graciliano Ramos's Reports to the Governor of Alagoas Are Literature Unto Themselves

By Padma Viswanathan and Graciliano Ramos | December 20, 2019

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