July brings an interesting coincidence to the literary calendar: just three days (and 22 years) apart, Alexandre Dumas père and Alexandre Dumas fils were born, two writers who shared not only a last...
There are cities that are best understood when you leave the main avenues behind and look for a place where the pace changes completely. São Paulo is one of them. After exploring one of the largest...
Summer remains one of the best times of the year to get back into reading or to discover stories that deserve a spot in your beach bag. With more time to unwind and step away from daily routines,...
When people hear about Rental Family (Disney Plus), the new film starring Brendan Fraser, it is easy to assume its premise belongs to the realm of far-fetched fiction. An actor who gets paid to play...
When everything around us falls apart, love allows us to see what is lost, what endures, and what changes. Love stories set against the backdrop of war, repression, or social collapse represent a...
Far from being merely ornamental, literature has long served as a space of resistance — of uncomfortable questions and identities that refuse to fit into prescribed molds. This month’s reading...
Four of the most talked-about literary adaptations of the moment share one key trait: they were born from the imaginations of women. A Woman of Substance, The House of the Spirits, Like Water for...
Recent children’s literature has been increasingly addressing children’s relationship with the planet, animals, and the natural environment. Some titles combine accessible, fact-based information...
As humans, we are movement. It’s hard not to tap your fingers when you hear a good beat or keep your feet still when the rhythm takes over. Even those who consider themselves uncoordinated — with...
Every Brilliant Thing is a simple play that speaks about something huge; it doesn't try to impress with elaborate sets or effects, and by doing this it manages to touch something real. It deals with...
