By Loretta Biggs Being robbed in Rio is as common as a Brazil Nut allergy. Vanessa has been robbed three times, and she is only twenty-four. The first time, at eleven years old, some barefoot child with a rock made her remove her classy Nikes and custom-made clothes and left her crying on the street … Continue reading Thieves by Day
Poems by Ediney Santana
Once there was a boy Once there was a boy Who couldn’t stop writing. His room was full of of paper filled with words in blue pen. The boy wrote on his body, walls, house, His mother complained, but he continued to write. The boy went on writing, writing, writing. Time passed and all … Continue reading Poems by Ediney Santana
Old Nomads
By Cristina Bresser de Campos Long ago, I visited Chapada dos Veadeiros, an esoteric wild site at central Brazil. One day, I went to a dining in Alto Paraíso de Goiás, a small village in this natural park. The waiter was a tall bald hippie in his fifties. Although he had an athletic body, his skin … Continue reading Old Nomads
Academy of the Heart And Mind 