![]() ![]() ![]() And Caio Fernando Abreu sits in a hospital dying of AIDS, meeting with angels and writing letters in which he repeats “all I can do is write” like a mantra. Poet Angélica Freitas details a disturbingly familiar world in which women are divided into rigid binaries–clean or dirty, good or bad–with stark language that builds into utter absurdity. ![]() In fresh and poetic prose, Raimundo Neto brings us lesser-known narratives of queer life in rural Brazil, including the story of a boy determined to become the “harvest bride” at a the local annual harvest dance. Foi internado no Hospital Menino Deus, onde posteriormente veio falecer. Pe-se a cuidar de roseiras, encontrando um sentido mais delicado para a vida. This far-reaching, bilingual assortment of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and photography–erotic and personal, revolutionary, hopeful, joyous, and bitter–continues the legacy of defiant queer expression in Brazil and demands its prolific, unapologetic future. Cuer ’s very diverse voices not only represent male gay or lesbian desire but, moving way beyond binary limitations, give expression to the full spectrum of human sexuality and queer identities, including those that refuse any such identification.A precious gem. Ao saber-se portador do vrus da AIDS, em setembro de 1994, Caio Fernando Abreu retorna a Porto Alegre, onde volta a viver com seus pais. For the first time, and against the backdrop of Bolsonaro’s emboldened far-right regime, Brazil’s legendary and pioneering queer writers appear together in English translation. ![]()
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