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Geovani Martins on Writing About Life in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

Geovani Martins, author of the debut short story collection, The Sun on My Head (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019), translated from the Portuguese by Julia Sanches, talks about incorporating slang and the language used by different regionsĀ in Rio de Janeiro into his writing, and the new generation of thinkers and artists from the favelas of Brazil.

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Geovani Martins
The Sun on My Head
2019
Julia Sanches
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
short story

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