Forthefirsttime,andagainstthebackdropofBolsonaro’semboldenedfar-rightregime,Brazil’slegendaryandpioneeringqueerwritersappeartogetherinEnglishtranslation.Thisfar-reaching,bilingualassortmentoffiction,poetry,nonfiction,andphotography--eroticandpersonal,revolutionary,hopeful,joyous,andbitter--continuesthelegacyofdefiantqueerexpressioninBrazilanddemandsitsprolific,unapologeticfuture.Infreshandpoeticprose,RaimundoNetobringsuslesser-knownnarrativesofqueerlifeinruralBrazil,includingthestoryofaboydeterminedtobecomethe“harvestbride“atathelocalannualharvestdance.PoetAng矇licaFreitasdetailsadisturbinglyfamiliarworldinwhichwomenaredividedintorigidbinaries--cleanordirty,goodorbad--withstarklanguagethatbuildsintoutterabsurdity.AndCaioFernandoAbreusitsinahospitaldyingofAIDS,meetingwithangelsandwritinglettersinwhichherepeats“allIcandoiswrite“likeamantra.Spanningfourdecades,andfeaturingatotalofthirteenwriters,Cu穩erremindsusagain,asNataliaAffonsosaysinhertranslationofTatianaNascimento’spoem:...whatwemakelyingdownisalsorevolution.
