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  • Cildo: Studies, spaces, time

    by Guilherme Wisnik, Diego Matos ...
    This book presents Cildo's work, focusing on his "studies". A great part of his most relevant works are shown here not only through photos of them in exhibitions, but also through Cildo's drawings and sketches, which allow us to see his processes of creation. In here, there are well-known installations such as Eureka / Blindhotland, Malhas da Liberdade, La Bruja and Desvio para o Vermelho, Através ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The First Class

    Transits of Brazilian Literature Abroad

    by Saavedra, Carola; Perrone, Charles A.; Finazzi-Agrò, Ettore; Garramuño, John; Passos, José Miguel; Schwarcz, Lilia Moritz; Pardo, M. Carmen Villarino; Librandi-Rocha, Marília; Riaudel, Michel; Schulze, Peter W.; Vecchi, Roberto; Santos, Vivaldo Andrade, Florencia; Sorá, Gustavo; Rocha, João Cezar de Castro; Salles, João Moreira; Gledson, José Luiz;, Wisnik ...
    Translated by Norman, John ...
    What does a professor Brazilian or otherwise think and do on the first day of class, standing before a group of “foreign” students to talk about Brazilian literature? This apparently simple question that gave rise to the essays gathered in this book opens a series of other questions: Who is this professor? How did he or she go about planning that first class? What challenges do professors ... Read more

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  • Literature Class, Berkeley 1980

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  • El Eternauta, Daytripper, and Beyond

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