A night of violence is routine, expected, and devastating in Francisco Maciel’s literary novel There’s No Point in Dying. There is a favela (slum) in the birthplace of... Read More

Amara Moira wrestles with sex work and identity in her piercing essay collection So What If I’m a Puta. This public diary documents Moira’s decision to use sex work to... Read More

Stênio Gardel’s slim novel "The Words That Remain" includes fragments of sentences, memories, and moments, recounted by an aging, illiterate gay man whose struggle for... Read More

Brazilian writer Caio Fernando Abreu shines light on authoritarian 1980s Brazil, giving voice to those who were oppressed and ignored during the AIDS epidemic, in his exuberant... Read More