Join Michael Kleber-Diggs at Next Chapter Booksellers for the launch of Literary Bridges: A Cracked Walnut Celebration on Sunday, September 12th at 2pm. More details here!
Join Michael Kleber-Diggs at the Kansas Book Festival on September 18th (all day). More details here!
Michael Kleber-Diggs will read at the River’s Edge Performance Series on Sunday, August 22nd 2:00 and 4:00. RSVP to rivers.edge.create@gmail.com for more information.
Join Michael Kleber-Diggs for a poetry reading at the Eggroll Queen Music Cafe on Sunday, August 15th at 2:00pm (CT)! More details here!
Hannah Emerson is the author of The Kissing of Kissing. She is also the author of a chapbook, You Are Helping This Great Universe Explode.
Tara Chace is the translator of Haymaker in Heaven. Her translations from the Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish include work by Jo Nesbø, Per Nilsson, Lene Kaaberbøl, and Agnete Friis. She lives in Seattle.
Edvard Hoem is the author of Haymaker in Heaven. He has been one of Norway’s leading literary writers since his breakthrough with the Critics’ Prize–winning novel The Ferry Crossing in 1974.
Ezra E. Fitz is the translator of The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon. He has worked with Grammy-winning musician Juanes, Emmy-winning journalist Jorge Ramos, and the king of soccer himself, Pelé.
by: Fábio Zuker
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A whale in the amazon forest: a cover image story
“Space and time move in mutual dependence. It’s as if rivers, lakes, and forests can slow or even halt the passage of time as it’s traditionally conceived: an arrow shot across a smooth surface. It’s not like a car driving down the road. In the Amazon, time will take its time, at least as long as there are rivers and forests.”
I decided to quote an excerpt from my book, The Life and Death of a Minke Whale and Other Stories of the Brazilian Rainforest—which…
Fábio Zuker is a writer and journalist. He holds a master’s degree from the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences in Paris and is a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at the University of São Paulo.
