Brazil and Other Cephalopods

Departures

Goodbyes with Clarice Lispector, Jimmy Carter, João Figueiredo, and Jeran Campanella

Dec 31, 2024 • 

Maurício Sellmann Oliveira

September 2024

Waiting for the wreckage

A sexual scandal and the perils of sitting it out

Sep 16, 2024 • 

Maurício Sellmann Oliveira

March 2024

The translating sin

The violence, risks, uncertainty, backstabbing, and joy of a very human activity

Mar 1, 2024 • 

Maurício Sellmann Oliveira

February 2024

The Balaio Bulletin n.2: Negative Nostalgia

TV pieces, self-censorship, own goals, Marie Antoinettes, and other goodies

Feb 4, 2024 • 

Maurício Sellmann Oliveira

January 2024

Gaslighting

How not to rewrite the January 8 coup attempt

Jan 21, 2024 • 

Maurício Sellmann Oliveira

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November 2023

The next victim

The architecture of violence against women in Brazil

Nov 21, 2023 • 

Maurício Sellmann Oliveira

The Out-Right Cinematic Universe

It's six degrees of separation from You-Know-Who

Nov 13, 2023 • 

Maurício Sellmann Oliveira

June 2023

The Balaio Bulletin n.1

Books, words, images, coffee, true nonsense, and a happy ending with a Brazilian aroma

Jun 5, 2023 • 

Maurício Sellmann Oliveira

May 2023

Of gaffes and fertilizers

Bidenisms, Lulisms, and realpolitik

May 28, 2023 • 

Maurício Sellmann Oliveira

October 2021