Literary Tea

Contemporary literature is somehow difficult to define, but in this third and last episode of Frozen Flowers Litrilogy we talk to our friend and scholar Ana Paula Herculano about some female authors and their works from the last decades of twentieth century up to today.

We believe that women currently have more space and visibility in different literary fields, but what themes do they talk about? Which places and spaces do they speak from? What can we expect from the female authorship for the future?

Listen to "Which paths is female authorship walking to?" to engage in these discussions.

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Soundtrack: Desespoir Agreable from Erik Satie played by Mal Waldron (1983)

Feminine writing, feminine literature, how does it sound to you?! 

In this second episode of the current Frozen Flowers Litrilogy we discuss our experiences reading the 20th century authors Virginia Woolf, Clarice Lispector and Lygia Fagundes Teles. More than only sharing our impressions, we try to expand the idea of feminine literature or feminine authorship, and how both expressions can have different meanings when it comes to reinforcing women's role when producing literary works.

We hope you enjoy it!

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Soundtrack: Desespoir Agreable from Erik Satie played by Mal Waldron (1983)

"How to sew a sowing sisterhood?" is the first episode of our second Litrilogy Frozen Flowers. In this episode we talk about curious aspects of women's writing from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries English lit.

We discuss some authors and their works as well as their important for the literary scenario when it comes to women's writing. 

If you're interested on this topic or if you want to get to know a little bit more about it, make sure to listen to this episode!

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Soundtrack: Desespoir Agreable from Erik Satie played by Mal Waldron (1983)

The last episode of our first Litrilogy is finally available for you!

This episode called "Can the poetic subject speak" features our guest Rafael and with him we discuss, suggest and give examples of authors whose voices aren't valued or given the proper recognition due to social-structural issues such as racism, LGBTphobia, sexism, colonialism etc.

Producing this episode with Rafael was a great pleasure as well as very beneficial to us.

We really hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Soundtrack: Desespoir Agreable from Erik Satie played by Mal Waldron (1983)

Writing poetry... what for?! 

In the second episode of this Litrilogy, we discuss our views and experiences on the benefits we can get from writing and how important it can be to organize our feelings and thoughts by creating a piece of literary art.

You're welcome to join us in this discussion and feel encouraged to start writing!

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Soundtrack: Desespoir Agreable from Erik Satie played by Mal Waldron (1983)

We present you the first episode of Lyrical Voices. In this first part, entitled "Why keep reading poetry?" we talk about some of our experiences with poems, from the very first contacts with poetry to the most recent ones as well as what we like and don't like reading and why. 

We really hope you enjoy this discussion and also share it with your friends!

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Soundtrack: Desespoir Agreable from Erik Satie played by Mal Waldron (1983)

It is quite known that Oscar Wilde has a great importance to literature. However, his fairy tales are not so frequently brought into the scene. In this episode we discuss his book The Happy Prince and other Tales intended for children and how we can find meanings beyond the surface as well as Wilde's characteristic ironic style. You're invited to join us in this (not so) enchanted discussion.

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Soundtrack: Desespoir Agreable from Erik Satie played by Mal Waldron (1983)

It's extremely important to value the national artistic and literary production. The writers of our homeland always have much to tell us through their works. In this fourth episode, we discuss how Brazil is portrayed on some works written and published in the twentieth century, a time when so many different authors and styles flourished. We had so much fun and were so eager to talk about this and show a little bit of our national literature! We do hope y'all appreciate this episode!

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Soundtrack: Desespoir Agreable from Erik Satie played by Mal Waldron (1983)

Yin and Yang, two opposite energies which lap over each other, at times one being predominant over the other. They’re opposite, but complementary. We all have our share of goodness and evil. As human beings, it'd be impossible for us to be completely bad or completely good. These two realities are constantly manifested through our actions and thoughts. Together, what we consider good and evil are two parts of this whole, which must be in balance. In this episode, we discuss how morals have to do with this "good" and "evil" duality, and how such duality is represented in literary works over time.

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Soundtrack: Desespoir Agreable from Erik Satie played by Mal Waldron (1983)

We know that there are books which are considered classics, but what exactly would be a classic literary work? What's their importance? Who do you think is the major classic reference in English Literature? You can think over these questions with us in our new LT episode. (This episode was first published in July 6th)

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Soundtrack: Desespoir Agreable from Erik Satie played by Mal Waldron (1983)