Words and Colors: Constructing the Mosaic of a Brazilian Experience
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Out there, night
It is when the family sleeps
—inert hands on sheet folds
weighed bodies under live shroud—
that a woman comes to.
In the quiet house
where no one claims
no one demands
no one requests
no one
finally in dominion she wanders
through the empty rooms
lingering in the dark.
And barefoot
shirt unbuttoned
she offers herself
serenely
to night.
Marina Colosanti, from Rota de Colisão, 1993, translated by Luiz Augusto da Silveira
Cosponsored by: Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Graduate College, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, The Council of Deans, The Center for Advanced Study, George A. Miller Endowment, George A. Miller Committee, Peggy Harris Memorial Fund, Department of Anthropology, Department of Comparative Literature, Department of History, Department of Philosophy, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, International Programs and Studies, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, Women in International Development, Women's Studies Program, La Casa Cultural Latina
Writer, artist, journalist, and former editor of the Brazilian women's magazine Nova